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48. FIESTA DE CONTRAPUNTO (2004) ca. 25’

Choral symphony for large mixed choir and symphonic orchestra


Texts by anonymous authors and Paul Desenne, based on popular Venezuelan songs recorded by the Quinteto Contrapunto in the 1960s

 

3(III=picc).3(III=E.hr.).4(III=Picc,IV=Bss).3(III=ctrbsn)-4.3.2.1-timp.perc (4):snr/toms(med.sml)/pdl bss tom/cyms (med.crsh)/rim/tgls/tamb/claves/güiro/cwbls(s.m.l)/wdbls(L.s)/tmpl bls/tamboras (lrg & sm wood rimmed toms)/conga/timbales/quitiplás (bamboo sticks: high pair & low)/culo'e puya (2 long slim drums)/tin plate-vibraphone-harp-large mixed choir (s.a.t.b)-cuatro (Venezuelan guitar) 1 to 6 players-strings (10.8.6.6.4 minimum)

: Glosas de la puerca
: Gaban estretoconao

: Scherzo con yopo

Simón Bolívar Orchestra and the Orfeón Universitario UCV and other Caracas choirs, conducted by Alfredo Rugeles

Commissioned by FESNOJIV, the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Foundation

Premiered at Aula Magna at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) in Caracas in July 2005 by the Simón Bolívar Orchestra
and the Orfeón Universitario UCV and other Caracas choirs, conducted by Alfredo Rugeles

 

 

46. CANTATA MAQROLL (2003) ca. 20’

For tenor voice, flute, soprano saxophone, violin, cello and piano in seven movements

Song cycle on texts by Alvaro Mutis and Belisario Betancur

 

Commissioned by the Festival de Artes in Cali, Colombia

 

 

41. EL RETO: LEYENDA DE FLORENTINO Y EL DIABLO (2002-2003) ca. 30’

Cantata for tenor, baritone, narrator, chamber orchestra, and traditional Venezuelan instruments including diatonic harps, bandola, cuatro, maracas, Afro-Venezuelan percussion

 

Texts by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba

 

fl, ob, cl, bass cl, bsn, alt sx, Fr hr, trp, tbn, 2 perc (quitiplás, congas, bombo, wb, cwbl, toms), maracas, string orchestra (minimum 2 stands of 1st vlns; amplified acoustic bass), Venezuelan instruments: harp, bandola, cuatro

: Introduction
: El Reto

Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío from their CD El Reto with William Alvarado, narrator/baritone / Argenis Sánchez, tenor / Francisco Pacheco, baritone

Commissioned by Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío

Premiered at the Teatro de Teresa Carreño in Caracas in December 2003 by Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío,
conducted by Manuel Hernández Silva