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"A collection of irresistible dances and sultry ballads from the warmer climes of Italy, Cuba and South America, Tropicale will quickly fire up your imagination. Explosive choro, samba and salsa rhythms, perfectly complimented by exquisitely beautiful, soulful melodies, are compellingly set for flute and classical guitar."
Program
Sonatina Tropical - Jose Lezcano
En Clave de Són
Cancion de Madrugada
Samba-Finale
A Casinha Pequinina - trad., Brazilian, arr., Almeida
Triptico Criollo - Ricardo Iznaola
Raquel
Carolina
Camila
Distance - Vincenzo Sorrentino
Sonatina, Opus 205 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Allegretto grazioso
Tempo di Siciliana
Scherzo - Rondo
Jobiniana No. 2 - Sergio Assad
Tigre de Lapa - Luiz Americano, arr., Aron
Vals del Olvido - Marco Granados
Recorded: Clonick Hall, Oberlin, OH, May 29-June 1, 2012
Engineer: Ryan Miller - All selections ASCAP
Photos: Larry Monteith - Cover art: Zeber-Martell Studio
Creative Director: Karl Wolff
Tropicale
Tropicale emerges from our mutual fascination with music from Latin America and Italy. Our love of all things Italian is renewed every summer during our chamber music workshop, Suonare in Italia, where Italian music is understood to be central to any classical musician’s experience. Siamo d'accordo!
Latin American music, in all its richly varied guises, has also been a large part of our musical experiences, both through the deep well of guitar repertoire from the region and through Poco Tango, our chamber quartet of flute, guitar, double bass and percussion.
Tropicale captures many of our favorite flute and guitar duets from both cultures.
Stephen Aron
AronBerkner Duo
The AronBerkner Duo have been playing concerts together for over ten years. Their repertoire includes all the flute/guitar masterworks and features several pieces written especially for them. Their frequent appearances in Italy have led to the establishment of the annual summer chamber music festival, Suonare in Italia.
Jane Berkner
Jane Berkner has been on the Ohio Touring Artist's Roster since 1992, performing on recital series and for school concerts across the state. She has performed with the Akron, Ashland, Canton and Youngstown Symphonies, the Ohio Ballet Orchestra, O’Neil Chamber Players, Garth Newel Chamber Players and the Chamber Music Society of Ohio. She has played for touring shows at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron, Playhouse Square in Cleveland and Porthouse Theater in Blossom Music Center, as well as with Singers Company at the National Gallery in Washington DC and Prism Projects in New York City. Her CD with pianist Kim Bakkum, "In Cynthia’s Garden", was lauded as "wonderfully charming... and magnificently performed." (ClevelandClassical.com)
Recognized for her expertise as a flute choir director, she was Coordinator of the National Flute Association’s High School Flute Choir from 2001 to 2006, and is currently Director of a summer Flute Choir Camp for adults at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She has performed and presented workshops for the National Flute Association, East Carolina Flute Symposium, Dana Flute Festival and the Greater Cleveland Flute Society. She is on the music faculties of the University of Akron and Ashland University, and serves on the board of the Ohio Arts Presenters Network.
Stephen Aron
Described by the New York Times as "cultivated and musical", Stephen Aron has established himself at the center of the American classical guitar scene. Recent activity has taken him across North America and Europe, including appearances in New York City, Canada, France, Denmark and Italy and Germany. An active recording artist, he has released eight cd’s, to critical acclaim. Notably, the music Aron has recorded is almost entirely of his own creation, either by arrangement or composition, and includes the complete mazurkas of Chopin, volumes of music of Mendelssohn and Schumann, and new works by both contemporary composers and "lost" works, such as the complete guitar compositions of Walter Burle Marx. Most recently, Aron has turned his attention to composing; his newest solo recording features his own original works. Aron’s arrangements and compositions can be found in print in editions by Tuscany/Theodore Presser, Mel Bay and Clear Note Publications.
In addition to his work with the AronBerkner Duo, he performs regularly with JoNell Aron (soprano), the Gabrieli Ensemble (strings) and Poco Tango. Stephen Aron is Professor of Music and Chairman of Guitar Studies at the University of Akron and Teacher of Classical Guitar and founder of the classical guitar studies program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
