Alleged Dances

Mozart’s D Major Flute Quartet, extroverted and soul-dancing with a lovely wistful interlude, is the first course in this tempting musical buffet. Cellist and filmmaker Nick Cannellakis then indulges our romantic hearts with Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile, followed by a confession to his first love, a new cello.  Villa-Lobos’ The Jet Whistle follows, carrying us away in an illicit Brazilian tryst, caressed by flute and cello. All great feasts end with a dance party, and John Adams’ Book of Alleged Dances is a surreal but playful tour of just about every contemporary dance rhythm imaginable!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Quartet D Major, K. 285

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Andante Cantabile, for cello, string quartet and double bass

Nicholas Canellakis - Roscoe Rhapsody, for cello and string quartet and double bass

Nicholas Canellakis - My New Cello (a short film)

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Jet Whistle, for flute and cello

John Adams - from “John’s Book of Alleged Dances”, for string quartet and recorded prepared piano

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