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Knoxville: Summer of 1915 was written in 1947 for soprano and orchestra, and the text is taken from the contemporary poet and writer James Agee (1909-1955).
We travel through a major city in the 1940s, filled with nostalgia and feverish energy. The piece is written for string orchestra, cor anglais and trumpet.
The music reflects Gershwin's jazz roots in New York, but is also based on the traditions of the American South, such as blues, worship songs, work songs and spirituals.
Piazzolla was called the King of Tango Music and wrote music that felt naturally improvised in a pastel, impressionistic style.
A world wide hit conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali