Something I heard on the radio last week as I was traveling to Springfield Mo. The local NPR station plays a lot of interesting music. I was at a stoplight so I wrote this one down so I could share it with you.
Enjoy, Jack
Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez
Performed by: Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Márquez
His music incorporates forms and styles of his native Mexico.[2] The Danzones are based on the music of and the Veracruz region of Mexico. Danzón No. 2 was included on the program of the Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on their 2007 tour of Europe and the United States. It has also opened the door for the discovery of other pieces by the composer that are increasingly being performed throughout the world and extensively in Latin America. His Danzones are increasingly being used for ballet productions throughout the world. He is a popular composer among the Latin American public and is widely recognized as one of the most important Mexican composers of his generation
Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba.[1] It is also an active musical form in Mexico, and is much loved in Puerto Rico as well. Written in 2
4 time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or típica ensemble.