Daniel Barenboim: José Resta - El Bailecito

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  • čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
  • Daniel Barenboim came back to the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, in August, 19th 2000, to celebrate his 50 years on stage with a solo-recital as in his first appearance as a 7-years-old boy
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    1:13 José Resta - El Bailecito
    Daniel Barenboim's introduction (translation):
    "Talking about Argentinian music reminds me of something. When I was a small boy there was a regular visitor we had, a composer and pianist. Later I realized what a good pianist he was. He was an Italian immigrant and his name was Jose Resta. He did a great deal for music in this country. He was a composer too.
    The affectionate nickname we gave him was "old Resta". I don't actually know if I played the following piece, "El Bailecito", in that first concert of mine or not. But it was either then or shortly afterward. Maybe what you're going to hear is not quite what Resta wrote. I learned the piece by ear from his rendering at our home. This at least is the way I remember it. His granddaughter came to see me two days ago, and she said she liked it. So maybe it is right after all."
    Argentina has not forgotten him, this son of the city, leading conductor and pianist, and an indefatigable campaigner for international understanding through the spirit of music. On the night of 19 August 2000, they came en masse, like pilgrims, to the time-honored Teatro Colón just to listen to him.
    At last their adored idol steps on to the stage - to perform again in his native city half a century after his first public appearance. The multitude rises and sings for him. Three hours and thirteen encores later, he can find no other way of disengaging himself from the ecstatic throng than to point out that the Teatro Colón must close its doors at midnight. One last piece, and then he goes - ending what has surely been one of the most memorable evenings in the Argentinian capital's concert history.
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