Carbo explained that as an opera singer he couldn’t give the music an exact tango style but his warm voice, impeccable diction and breath control was both elegant and eloquent.
That elegance extended to the dancing of Adrienne and Andrew Gill, tango champions, who performed with an exquisite sense of line and empathy with the music, each sweep of the foot carefully times to the vocal line. What was missing was the actual heat of tango, the idea that dancing might, as the Methodists feared, lead to something more intimate. The Grigoryan brothers played their arrangements with the flair and ensemble they have worked on for years. Watching their hands was as enlivening as watching the feet of the two dancers, all perfectly in step and style.
Their feature performances were movements from Piazzola’s ‘History of the Tango’ given with panache.
Despite Carbo’s enthusiasm, the Piazzola ‘Ave Maria’ was nowhere near as engaging as his opening song ‘Uno’ or his impassioned and mesmerising ‘Oblivion’ sung in French. Throughout the care of his tribute and the sincerity of his delivery made this a memorable occasion. There is the CD as a reminder.
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