Concertino Tropical

Composer: CORDERO, Ernesto
  • Concertino Tropical is a three-movement piece for violin and string orchestra written in 1998 and premiered that same year in Puerto Rico.
  • The piece was inspired by the tropical surroundings of Puerto Rico and dedicated to violinist Henry Hutchinson.
  • Titles of each movement:
    1. Yerba bruja (Witch-Herb)
      • Listen for the 3-3-2, syncopated rhythm emblematic of traditional Afro-Caribbean music
    2. Los caobos (The Mahogany Trees)
      • Listen for the counterpoint texture resembling European Renaissance music
    3. El colibrí dorado (The Golden Hummingbird)
      • Listen for the virtuosic violin soloist evoking the flight of PR’s native hummingbird 1

Sources

  1. Ernesto Cordero, Notes in accompanying booklet, Ernesto Cordero: Caribbean Concertos – Concierto Festivo / Insula / Concertino Tropical performed by Guillermo Figueroa and the I Solisti di Zagreb, Naxos 8.572707, 2011, compact disc.

Cut IDs

21836