Classical Composer: | Rodrigo, Joaquín |
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Work: | 4 Estampas andaluzas |
Year Composed: | 1954 |
Duration: | 00:11:04 |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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Cuatro estampas andaluzas (Four Andalusian Pictures 1946/52), were written, as the Joaquin Rodrigo commented, 'under the sign of the Andalusian', but do not feature 'the popular themes of that region'. Here Rodrigo created his own melodies to celebrate Spain's south. El vendedor de chanquetes (The Whitebait Seller), is a lively portrait of a street vendor offering chanquetes, a kind of fried fish much loved in Málaga.
The mood changes in Crepúsculo sobre el Guadalquivir (Twilight over the Guadalquivir River) to evening in Seville, heralded by dark recurrent patterns in the bass before the night life enters in brilliant array. Seguidillas del diablo (The Devil's Seguidillas), written at the request of the Spanish dancer, Udaeta, enacts Rodrigo's impressions of the satanic dance, a genre spectacularly deployed by various composers including Paganini and Liszt. Barquitos de Cádiz (Little Boats of Cádiz), dedicated to the British pianist, Harriet Cohen, begins with an Adagio, evoking a sense of stillness at sea. The second part, marked Allegretto, takes the form of the polo gaditano, a popular song and dance from Cádiz. Beginning with rolling arpeggios, this section grows in intensity to a full storm, concluding with an appropriately vigorous coda.
Writer: Graham Wade
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