Theatre Tango

1996b

Recorders ATBB

4'

Originally part of incidental music for 'Groeten uit zee' (Greetings from the Sea) 1996a

 

Originally written for a children’s theatre performance called ‘Greetings from the Sea’ by BRISK, on a text by Joke van Leeuwen.

The main character, a dreamy young shiphand, can be heard surrounded by bickering ladies on a cruise. Intermittently a bulky gentleman passes by, slightly drunk and dancing a tango with an imaginary partner.
This is how the quartet Going Woody plays it: