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EVENING EXTENDED
TO 2AM ON FRIDAY 12
FEBRUARY
Live Dance
Music and Concert Set by the
Alejandro Ziegler Quartet
Founded as
recently as 2007, the Alejandro Ziegler Quartet from
Buenos Aires is already considered one of the most
important ensembles of today's tango scene. Their
current tour of Europe covers 14 countries. This night
at Carablanca is their London debut and their only
performance in London.
They play
tango music in styles of golden age orchestras, such as
Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, Troilo and Pugliese as well as more
modern tango in original arrangements. Here are three
performances from YouTube. The sound reproduction is
wanting in the last two, but ignore that and listen to
the quality of the music:
Danzarin,
Organito de la tarde,
Tanguera.
The sound of the
Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano
We have again hired
Conway Hall's prize possession, the
Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano. These pianos
are noted for their dark, full-bodied sound.
CONCERT SET
This is an unusual evening as the quartet will play
a concert set. This is not unusual on the continent
but we have done this only once before. If, after
checking the acoustic, the quartet is comfortable
with so doing then the concert set will be played
without amplification. This will give the purest
sound. In any event, if amplification is used for
the concert set it will be low. The concert set
will be for listening only. You may wish to sit
upstairs in the balcony.
[The concert set was
played without amplification, with excellent
results.]
SOUND QUALITY
Conway Hall was designed as a concert hall, so we
have an acoustic for good quality sound. We are
hiring the grand piano, using Conway Hall's sound
system and engaging a dedicated sound engineer with
the highest quality microphones to ensure the sound
quality is the best.
DETAILS
Dancing: 8.30pm to 2am
Live music:
Dance set: 9.30pm for 40 minutes
Concert set: 11pm for 30 minutes
Dance set: 12.30am for 40 minutes
DJ: Swaley Baijoo
Note that there are no classes
on this date
Entry: £18
Entry after the concert set: £12
Entry for non-dancers: £6
Bar special: Americano
(Campari and red Martini)
Bar snacks: Cheese rolls (soft poppy seed roll,
Davidstow cheddar, little gem lettuce)
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