Here’s how the composer describes Last Round: “Two quartets confront each other, separated by the bass, with violins and violas standing up as in the traditional tango orchestras. The first movement is full of violent compression, and the second is an elegy to the tango, with a bit of on-stage choreography thrown in for good measure. The title, according to the composer, refers to the imaginary chance that Piazzolla’s spirit will fight one more time, and the music depicts an idealized bandoneon – the keyless accordion that Piazzolla mastered as a child. With Last Round, written in 1996 for double string quartet and bass, Golijov returns to the roots of his homeland and his beloved Piazzolla. He also wrote the soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s 2007 film Youth Without Youth. Mark Passion, composed in honor of the 250 th anniversary of Bach’s death.
Today, Golijov’s music is a fusion of Yiddish klezmer, American folk, jazz and Spanish and Argentinian influences, but the composer attributes his inspiration to a constant swirl of “inner voices.’’ Golijov made a lasting impression by juxtaposing Latino street music and Gospel text in his St.
Golijov moved to the United States in 1986 and studied with the maverick George Crumb, who helped “liberate’’ the young composer from working in any one style.
It only takes a moment in listening to the music of Golijov to feel an unusual sonic presence, a talent the New York Times once called “classical music’s great globalist hope.’’ Born in Argentina to Eastern European parents, Golijov grew up with music in the home and was fascinated by the tangos of his elder countryman, Astor Piazzolla.
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