Berimbau (2014)

Composer: Kathleen Tagg
There are multiple versions of this piece:

Version A for piano and electronics (2014)
Version B for 2 pianos (2015)
Version C for clarinet, piano and “piano-orchestra” with loops and samples

Version A for Piano & Electronics (2014)
First Performance April 27th 2014, Spectrum, New York.
Other Performances: National Arts Festival, South Africa and University of Georgia, USA

Version B for 2 Pianos (2015)
First Performance: July 6th, 2015, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
Recording: Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen. Where Worlds Collide, Table Pounding Records, 2016

Other Performances: Smith College, Connecticut College, Greenwich House Music School (All USA); Classical NEXT Rotterdam;
UNISA, Endler Hall Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town, Baxter Concert Hall, UPE (All South Africa)
Recording: Where Worlds Collide (Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen): Table Pounding Records, 2017

Version C for clarinet, piano and “piano-orchestra” with loops and samples (2015)
First Performance: National Sawdust, NY with David Krakauer
Other Performances: Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin), Cully Jazz Festival, BEe-Flat Bern (Switzerland), Jazzclub Unterfahrt (Munich), POLIN Museum (Warsaw); National Arts Festival and Youngblood Gallery (South Africa), National Gallery (DC), Music in the Morning (Vancouver), Chautauqua (NYS); Buffalo State (NYS); Rialto Theatre Fort Collins (All USA)
Recording: Breath & Hammer (David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg): Table Pounding Records, 2020

 

BERIMBAU: Track 9 on Breath & Hammer

BERIMBAU: Track 8 on Where Worlds Collide