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#3 of "Three Lorca Sketches for Orchestra." Each of these is based in some way on the poetry of Federico GarcÃa Lorca.
The others are:
Lorca Sketch for Orchestra #1, and
Lorca Sketch for Orchestra #2
This one (#3) is entitled El Niño Come Naranjas ("The Boy is Eating Oranges"), which is a line from a Lorca poem called Despedida ("Farewell").
In this poem, Lorca juxtaposes mundane everyday acts like eating oranges and the harvesting of wheat with a serene acceptance of the inevitable ("if I die, leave the balcony open"). The musical character of this sketch is completely different from the others; the mundane is represented by the up-beat sections (like the opening fanfare for the trumpets and the jazz-like walking bass lines), while the mystical serenity is suggested by the steadily pulsing and hypnotic middle section.
All comments much appreciated, and I'll comment on something of yours as well (if you want to suggest a particular tune, just leave me a link)!
This was written for and performed by our local symphony
The others are:
Lorca Sketch for Orchestra #1, and
Lorca Sketch for Orchestra #2
This one (#3) is entitled El Niño Come Naranjas ("The Boy is Eating Oranges"), which is a line from a Lorca poem called Despedida ("Farewell").
In this poem, Lorca juxtaposes mundane everyday acts like eating oranges and the harvesting of wheat with a serene acceptance of the inevitable ("if I die, leave the balcony open"). The musical character of this sketch is completely different from the others; the mundane is represented by the up-beat sections (like the opening fanfare for the trumpets and the jazz-like walking bass lines), while the mystical serenity is suggested by the steadily pulsing and hypnotic middle section.
All comments much appreciated, and I'll comment on something of yours as well (if you want to suggest a particular tune, just leave me a link)!
This was written for and performed by our local symphony
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drakonis
The opening offset/syncopated trumpets caught me right away, and it
was intriguing from then on. The middle part was disjointed and
dreamy at the same time, and having the trumpets return at the end
was nice, and the final held note & pluck for the coda was quite a
satisfying ending. If I may be prokocious, how many oranges did the
boy eat? I'm guessing he had a love for 3 of them... the brassy
syncopation reminded me of somebody, but I don't want to be Russian
to conclusions about your influences. :-)
If you wish to critique something simple by me, you may wish to listen
to this piece of silliness: http://www.macjams.com/song/12165
ttfn,
Drakonis