Frank: Hilos
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- Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank (1972-)
- Format: Score & Set of Parts
- Instrumentation: Cello, Piano, Violin, Clarinet
- Work: Hilos (2010)
Description
Alluding to the beauty of Peruvian textiles, the short movements of Hilos (Threads) are a kind of Peruvian "pictures at an exhibition." Players are mixed and matched in various combinations, and draw on a myriad of sounds evocative of indigenous music. These include fanciful pizzicatos and widely-spaced tremolos suggesting guitar-like instruments, strong attacks and surging releases suggesting zampona panpipes and quena flutes, glissandi and scratch tones suggesting vocal coloristic effects, and so forth.
Movements:
- Canto del Altiplano (Songs of the Highlands)
- Zapatos de Chincha (Shoes of Chincha)
- Charanguista Viejo (Old Charango Player)
- Danza de los Diablos
- Zumballyu (Spinning Top)
- Juegos
- Yaravillosa
- Bombines (Bowler Hats)
— Gabriela Lena Frank