I attended the Allerton Music Barn Festival at Allerton Park this week. This was the third annual festival, held over Labor Day Weekend, but my first time in attendance. The performance space is the second floor of a century-old barn. Folding chairs are set up and musicians perform on a temporary stage. The musicians were mostly from the University of Illinois (faculty and students). This was my introduction to Astor Piazzolla's music and the tango operita, María de Buenos Aires, in particular. The youtube clip gives you a taste of the musical style with one song from the production. (These are not the performers I saw.) One of the signature sounds of Piazzolla's music is from the bandoneón.
María has been added to my personal list of (concert length) "classical favorites" which also includes Porgy & Bess (Gershwin), Carmina Burana (Orff), Mass (Bernstein), and Suite for Klezmer Band & Orchestra (Sid Robinovitch).
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