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Duo Controverso Acoustic Duo from Chicago, IL

Will travel up to 3000 miles

  • 1 Verified Booking
  • Member Since 2011
  • 1 Award or Badge
  • Starting at $500 per event

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Duo Controverso Annette Bjorling - harp and Kurt Bjorling - clarinet, basset-horn, saxophone Duo Controverso Offers a Unique Sound & Instrumentation, an Exciting & Poetic, Timeless & Modern Repertoire... ... including traditional ethnic music, classical music, original compositions and jazz. Their intimate accoustic sound spans a wide expressive range, inviting the listener to pause and enjoy music of quiet intensity and ecstatic energy in an otherwise loud and hurried world. Celebratory muisc for Ceremonies, atmospheric background music for dinners and receptions, virtuose listening music - and exciting dance music! Annette & Kurt interpret, arrange and improvise pieces based on traditional folk and ethnic music, such as East-European klezmer music, Turkish, Greek and Romanian dances, Tango, Beguine, ... The classical repertoire of Duo Controverso ranges from renaissance and baroque-era masters (Bach, Gibbons, Handel, Jenkins, Lasso, Vivaldi),classical and romantic favorites (Chopin, Mendelssohn, Spohr), to French impressionists (Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns) and contemporary composers. Annette & Kurt play well-known standards as well as obscure but quite beautiful jazz and pop melodies. Duo Controverso also appears with various other musicians, singers and performers from the Chicago area, as well as nationally and internationally.

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  • Ain't Misbehaving | Fats Waller
  • Alone | Nacio Herb Brown
  • Anniversary Waltz | Josef Ivanovici
  • Anything You Can Do | Irving Berlin
  • Autum Leaves | Joseph Kosma
  • As Time Goes By | Herman Hupfeld
  • At Last | Etta James
  • Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
  • Blues | various composers
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington
  • Don't You Know | Bobby Worth
  • Dream a Little Dream | Gus Kahn
  • Embraceable You | George Gershvin
  • Everybody Loves Somebody | Koslove/Taylor/Lane
  • Fascination | F.D. Marchetti
  • Fly Me to the Moon | Bart Howard
  • How Deep is the Ocean | Irving Berlin
  • How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis
  • I Can't Help Falling in Love With You | G.D. Weiss
  • I Can't Stop Loving You | Don Gibson
  • I Got Rhythm | George Gershvin
  • James | Pat Metheny
  • Keepin' Out of Mischief | Fats Waller
  • La Vie En Rose | Louis Guglielmi
  • Love is Here to Stay | George Gershvin
  • Lullaby of Birdland | George Shearing
  • Misty | Erroll Garner
  • Moon River | Henry Mancini
  • Mr Sandman | Pat Ballard
  • My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers
  • Nataliana | Deborah Henson-Conant
  • New Blues | Deborah Henson-Conant
  • Oh | Lady Be Good
  • Pennies from Heaven | Arthur Johnston
  • Puttin' on the Ritz | Irving Berlin
  • Softly Like in a Morning Sunrise | Sigmund Romberg
  • Slowly | David Raksin
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen
  • Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael
  • Stormy Weather | Harold Arlen
  • Sweet Sue | Just You
  • 'S Wonderful | George Gershvin
  • Take Five | Paul Desmond
  • Tea for Two | Vincent Youmans
  • They Say It's Wonderful | Irving Berlin
  • Tiger Rag | Original Dixileand Jass Band
  • Unchained Melody | Alex North
  • What a Wonderful World | Bob Thiele/G.D. Weiss
  • White Christmas | Irving Berlin
  • A Little Night Music | Stephen Sondheim
  • Anyone Can Whistle | Stephen Sondheim
  • Anything Goes | Cole Porter
  • Cats | Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Fantasticks | harvey Schmidt
  • Fiddler on the Roof | Jerry Bock
  • My Fair Lady | Fredericl Loewe
  • Oaklahoma | Richard Rodgers
  • Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Westside Story | Leonard Bernstein
  • Sound of Music | Richard Rodgers
  • Sweeney Todd | Stephen Sondheim
  • All you need is Love | Beatles
  • Annie's Song | John Denver
  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight | Elton John
  • Clocks | Coldplay
  • Doctor Who | Murray Gold
  • Every Breath You Take | Sting
  • Fields of Gold | Sting
  • Forrest Gump | Alan Silvestri
  • Heaven | Bryan Adams
  • I Made it Through the Rain | Barry Manilow
  • In Dreams | Walsh/Shore
  • Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars
  • Living on a Prayer | Bon Jovi
  • Love Story | Taylor Swift
  • May it Be | Enya
  • My Heart Will Go On | James Horner
  • Peter Gunn | Henry Mancini
  • Pink Panther | Henry Mancini
  • Rainbow Connection | Paul Williams
  • Right Here Waiting | Richard Marx
  • River Flows in You | Yiruma
  • Something | Beatles
  • Somewhere in Time | John Barry
  • Song from MASH | Mike Altman
  • Sound of Silence | Paul Simon
  • Stairway to Heaven | Jimmy Page/Robert Plant
  • Stand by Me | Ben E. King
  • Starry | Starry Night
  • Storybook Love | Willy De Ville)
  • Time After Time | Cyndi Lauper
  • Time in a Bottle | Jim Croce
  • Then | Brad Paisly
  • Third Man Theme | Anton Karas
  • Thornbirds | Henry Mancini
  • To Zanarkand | Nobuo Uematsu
  • Truly Madly Deeply | Savage Garden
  • Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Michel Legrand
  • Up | Michael Giacchino
  • Vincent | Don McLean
  • When you Believe | Maria Carey/Whitney Houston
  • Air on a G string | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Arioso | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Ave Maria | Bach/Gounod
  • Ave Maria | Franz Schubert
  • Bridal Chorus | Robert Wagner
  • Canon in D | Johann Pachelbel
  • Jesu Joy of Men's Desiring | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Wedding March | Felix Mendelssohn
  • Trumpet Voluntary | Henry Purcell
  • Chaconne | Henry Purcell
  • Chaconne | G.F. Handel
  • Passacaglia | G.F. Handel
  • Praeludium | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Minuet | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Sheep may Safely Graze | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Sleepers Awake | Joh.Seb. Bach
  • Water Music | G.F. Handel
  • Four Seasons | A. Vivaldi
  • Fantasias | Orlando di Lasso
  • Fantasias | Orlando Gibbons
  • Fantasias | John Jenkins
  • Impromptu | F. Chopin
  • Mazurka | F. Chopin
  • Nocturne | F. Chopin
  • Waltz | F. Chopin
  • Minuet | W.A. Mozart
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | W.A. Mozart
  • Sonatinas | Louis Spohr
  • Clair de Lune | Claude Debussy
  • Fille au Cheveux | Claude Debussy
  • Reverie | Claude Debussy
  • Berceuse | Claude Debussy
  • Berceuse | Gabriel Fauré
  • Mai | Gabriel Fauré
  • Pavane op.50 | Gabriel Fauré
  • Reverie | Marcel Grandjany
  • Trois Pieces Petits | Marcel Grandjany
  • Feuilles D'Automne | Alphonse Hasselmanns
  • Nocturne | Alphonse Hasselmanns
  • Gymnopédies | Erik Satie
  • Gnossiennes | Erik Satie
  • uncountable Klezmer pieces | traditional
  • various Jewish pieces | traditional
  • various Eastern European pieces | traditional
  • various Mediterranean pieces | traditional
  • various Celtic pieces | traditional
  • various Irish pieces | traditional
  • various Central European pieces | traditional

Booked Events 

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Upcoming Events

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Past Events

October 14, 2012 • Community Event
Sun12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Northfield, IL
August 31, 2011 • traveling
Wed10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 30, 2011 • traveling
Tue10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 29, 2011 • traveling
Mon10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 28, 2011 • traveling
Sun10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 27, 2011 • traveling
Sat10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 26, 2011 • traveling
Fri10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 25, 2011 • traveling
Thu10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 24, 2011 • traveling
Wed10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 23, 2011 • traveling
Tue10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 22, 2011 • traveling
Mon10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
August 21, 2011 • traveling
Sun10:00 AM - 10:00 PM

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