Suite Punta del Este
Appearance
Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is an Uruguayan resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing.[1]
It is broken into 3 movements:
I. Introduccion: Allegro pesante
Suite Punta Del Este is a scored for bandoneon (accordion), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings.
It has been used as a signature theme for the 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys as well as a model for music in a scene in The Simpsons episode "Yokel Chords".[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Suite Punta del Este". Piazzolla.org. Retrieved 2012-01-16.