del Aguila, M :: Malambo

Publisher: Miguel del Aguila

Miguel del Aguila presents 'Malambo' for flute and string quartet. This piece is also available for flute and piano or piccolo and piano. 

The composer writes about this piece: Before I start writing a new work, I often see a blank, empty imaginary space which,  as I compose, starts being populated with things, events, emotions and of course my own music. Sometimes it’s not a landscape but the inner thoughts and emotions of a person, and in the case of Malambo the music switches between both. Here, we are in the main square of a village in the Argentine Pampas where a celebration is taking place, while the main protagonist (the solo instrument), struggles with past memories and with the decision of joining  the party or isolating. As the sound of church bells trigger memories, he sings alone only accompanied by distant birds and insects; soon joining in a dance taking place near him. While the rhythmic character of this dance was inspired by the Malambo dance of the South American gauchos.'