Stift Festival: Suite del Ăngel

Stift Church, Weerselo. Late August is traditionally the time for the annual Stift International Music Festival. Weerseloâs Stift Church and Oldenzaalâs âHofkerkâ serve as venues for wonderful concerts of various young musicians from all over the world. The theme of the 2014 Stift Festival was âDivine and Demonic Passionâ. Young musicians performed divine and demonic chamber music by composers such as Astor Piazzolla. Piazolla, who combined classical music and tango, created the âNuevo Tangoâ in the 1960s. In this period, he composed a number of tangos inspired on angels. These tangos had a spiritual touch. In the years before his death, Piazzolla used to perform this series of tangos as a single suite, the âSuite del Ăngelâ. This four-tango suite has been performed in several instrumentations. Brava broadcasts the version for bandoneon accompanied by the guitar, violin, double bass, and piano.