Argentine bandoneon player JP Jofre remembers hearing music by Astor Piazzolla for the first time. He says, "It was classical, and it was tango, and it had the power of heavy metal. I knew this was what I wanted to do." Join us today to hear JP Jofre and friends play music by Astor Piazzolla from a concert at the Geneva Music Festival in Geneva, NY.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo": Movements 1 & 4
JoAnn Falletta, lute | Bay Area Women's Philharmonic | Jo Ann Falletta, conductor
Album: Baroquen Treasures
Newport 60102

George Walker: Lyric for Strings
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | Joann Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 "Transfigured Night"
Johnny Gandelsman, violin | Michael Nicolas, cello | Conrad Tao, piano
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, ME

Astor Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel
JP Jofre, bandoneon | Geoffrey Herd, violin | Ken Meyer, guitar | Esther Park, piano | Greg Robbins, bass
Geneva Music Festival, Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY

Astor Piazzolla: Decarisimo
JP Jofre, bandoneon | Geoffrey Herd, violin | Ken Meyer, guitar | Esther Park, piano | Greg Robbins, bass
Geneva Music Festival, Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY

Hour 2

Jennifer Margaret Barker: Na Tri Peathraichean: Gearr Aonach (Three Sisters of Glencoe Part 1)
Alice K. Dade, flute | John Novacek, piano
Album: Living Music
Naxos 559831

Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102: Movement 1
William Hagen, violin | Andrei Ionita, cello | Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra | Scott Terrell, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Joseph Suk: Chanson d'amour Op. 7, No. 1 Love Song
Peter Otto, violin | Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

Paquito D'Rivera: Aires Tropicales: Movements 1, 2, 4-7
Alice K. Dade, flute | Cassie Pilgrim, oboe | Anton Rist, clarinet | Fei Xie, bassoon | Kaitlyn Resler, horn
Festival Mozaic, Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center,  San Luis Obispo, CA