El Reto - Leyeda de Florentino y el Diablo
Paul Desenne
About this work:
Texts by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
Commissioned by Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío
Premiered at Teatro de Teresa Carreño in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 2003 with Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío, conducted by Manuel Hernández Silva
Version: Cantata for chamber orchestra, vocal soloists, and traditional Venezuelan instruments
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:30:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Two or more Solo Voices with Large Chamber/Jazz Ensemble (10 +)
Instrumentation: 1 Tenor, 2 Baritone, 1 Narrator
Instrumentation notes: 1.1.2(II=bss).1-alto sax-1.1.1.0-perc(2):cwbls/timbales/güiro/quitiplás (bamboo sticks: high pair & low)/culo'e puya (2 long slim drums)/cyms/hihat/tambora (low
wood-rimmed tom)/gong/maracas-Traditional Venezuelan ensemble (amplified): cuatro (4 string guitar), bandola (plucked lute), arpa llanera (diatonic harp), maracas (additional to perc.), solo bass- 3
voices: narrator/singer (baritone), Florentino (tenor), El Diablo (baritone)- strings: (6.4.3.3.0 minimum)