Tamara-Anna Cislowska

AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

Templar Great Classics series: Musical Postcards

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Piano Tamara-Anna Cislowska

Gershwin An American in Paris
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Falla The Three Cornered Hat

“A concert of musical postcards, literally so in the case of An American in Paris. Gershwin’s love song to the Paris of the Twenties is a jaunty romp, complete with taxi horns and a swooning theme when our hero meets an elegant Parisian lady. 

Terrific fun, too, is the Rhapsody in Blue, the quintessential picture of Jazz Age New York, performed by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and recognised pianists.

Then to sun-drenched Spain. In Falla’s ballet of village life, the oafish magistrate, whose official headgear gives the piece its title, pursues the miller’s wife. When she outwits him, everybody dances a joyful fandango, with castanets blazing.”