Voicing: TTBB Chorus, Guitar, Two Violins and Double Bass (or Piano)
By David Conte
Commissioned by the San Francisco symphony, this three movement suite of folk songs well known in Mexico comes in three separate voicings: SATB, SSAA, and TTBB. A piano accompaniment is provided although the original scoring can also be used. (Guitar, two violins, and double bass or piano.) The Spanish texts straddle the macabre and the humorous in a way that is charming and engaging. Full translations are provided in the forward.
1. La Martiniana (The Martiniana)
2. La Bruja (The Witch)
3. La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)