Duration: 5 minutes | Commissioned by the Sicarú Guitar Octet
Program Notes
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De Norte a Sul (2020)  The work builds upon musical cells that begin with simple, individual lines to produce layers that evolve into other intricate beats. Rhythm, a recurrent theme in most Latin and Central American music, is at the forefront of this composition. Special attention goes to such concepts rather than melodic content and contour. Â
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Syncopation, brought by the richness of beats that came from the African continent during colonial America, is at the heart of De Norte a Sul: Lightly touching on the vivacious sonic world of Las Guyanas, such as the musical cells of the Surinamese kaseko and calypso, a rhythm native of Trinidad and Tobago, which gradually spread to the south- the thought which gives this work its title.Â
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