Mauricio Sotelo
Night
Short instrumentation: 1 1 2 0 - 0 1 1 0 - perc(2), vln(2), vla, vc, cb
Duration: 25'
Solos:
percussion
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc
bass fl)
oboe
clarinet in Bb
bass clarinet in Bb
trumpet in C
trombone
percussion(2)
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Sotelo - Night for percussion and ensemble
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Mauricio Sotelo
Sotelo: NightOrchestration: for percussion and ensemble
Type: Studienpartitur
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Work introduction
The initial
stimulus for Night was an engraving by Sean Scully, which Mauricio Sotelo received from the artist’s New York studio after dedicating the
première of Wall of Light Black to
him. Night begins with a vibrating, very
rapid and rhythmically shadowy texture. It approaches and recedes again like a nocturnal image. The whole
ensemble becomes a refined percussion apparatus, imitating the special playing
techniques of the percussionist Miguel Bernat, who plays with specially
prepared beaters. In addition a kind of sound cascade, always
getting louder, gradually develops in the solo part: like a frenzy of very fast
rhythmic movements, which recall the rhythmic precision of a flamenco dancer’s
extremely rapid stamping. (Mauricio Sotelo)