Sotelo: Red Inner Light Sculpture (excerpt #1)

Mauricio Sotelo Excerpt from "Red Inner Light Sculpture" for Solo Violin, Strings and Flamenco Dancer World Premiere Recorded June 11, 2016 at the Ordway Concert Hall The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Rubén Olmo, flamenco dancer Agustín Diassera, percussion Tito Muñoz, conductor https://www.thespco.org/   / thespco     / thespco   Composer's note: This work was commissioned by the celebrated Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, with whom I share an extraordinary musical connection and intense friendship. The score is a kind of internal memory map, which moves through expressive imaginary landscapes, based on some of the most powerful forms of Andalusian Flamenco, such as "Soleá, Soleá por Bulería o los Tangos flamencos." After an introduction 'con fuoco' [which in Italian means "with fire"] a succession of descending scales built on fantastical chords lead us into that memory of fire that is the expressive vocalization of 'Soleá'. Moments of great intensity alternate with the ecstasy of contemplating a celestial design, an internal sky plagued by bright stars (the trilling notes on the violin). Two cadences of the violin solo are a contrasting natural sound articulating the architecture of the work. Flamenco dancing—rooted in percussion—here represents material being, the beat and the outer shape of the torn soul that musically resonates in this work. Red Inner Light Sculpture: passionate carving or burned inside edge. Mauricio Sotelo ©2016