Well, for this new section the first work I have selected - almost at random - from our archive is the
Sensemayá by the short-lived Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899 to 1940). Here it is:
http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php/topic,595.msg3654.html#msg3654Its duration is just under seven minutes. Mr. Lebrecht describes it as written "for voice and orchestra" in 1938; but our version is for orchestra alone, so that is the first puzzle.
A great piece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemayá adds some more info.
No puzzle: the appalling Lebrecht has got it wrong - there was never a voice part. The version which Sydney links to is a bit on the slow side compared with many.
does the repititous style of Ravel's Bolero come to mind for anyone here
. Not really. It's more like someone deputising for Varčse's Latin American big band commission.
I arranged it for 4 pianos and percussion 30-odd years ago. Must dig it out.
