Stepping into Song: A Choral Performance of Tango’s Rhythmic Spirit with Martín Palmeri’s Misatango and Jüdische Kantate

The Misa a Buenos Aires (Misatango) is a groundbreaking work by Argentine composer Martín Palmeri that blends the dramatic rhythm of tango with the powerful expression of choral music. It is a Latin setting of the mass, and the music uses the style of the nuevo tango, following Astor Piazzolla’s model, and includes elements from the history of church music, such as extended fugues in the opening and closing movements. In similar style is Palmeri’s Jüdische Kantate, composed in 2022: variations on Yiddish and Hebrew songs on texts from the Old Testament in the original language and in Latin.