13.3.18

Arturo Marquez - 'Danzon No. 2'

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL


La drama! The song contains playful and passionate motifs which translate the "danzón" genre, characterized by plenty of tresillos, successfully.

The claves make this piece!

Heard this song on KUSC and Googled it to find, of course, a performance conducted by Gustavo Dudamel - one of Los Angeles's greatest musical icons. I also found a performance from one of my favorite conductors Alondra de la Parra, but that is for another time.

Turns out the composer Arturo Marquez worked on this short film which is why I thought it would be a good share.