Jose Serebrier: Tango in Blue for Solo Piano

Description

“Tango in Blue” was written during the long overnight flight from New York to Montevideo, as an impromptu gift for the National Orchestra of Uruguay, who had invited me to conduct their 75th anniversary concert. It didn't have a title, and we performed it as an encore. When I asked the public for title suggestions, I was inundated with names, none of which seemed appropriate. For a while I called it “Last Tango Before Sunrise”, which seemed to capture the character of the piece, but it still didn't seem quite right. My favorite title was “Blue Tango”, but I was reminded that there were at least two pieces with that title already. Then a friend suggested a compromise, which I liked best, and “Tango in Blue ” was born. At my publisher's request, I wrote several versions. (Of which this piano solo is one.)