Mottokonzerte

Manchai Puito (Two Little Doves) Traditional / Arr. Oscar Escalada

Manchai Puito ( Two Little Doves) is a quichua (Indian) folksong from the rural part of Argentina near the Andes mountains. It is somewhat like the gaucho folksongs. The gauchos were of mixed Spanish and Indian heritage. They worked as cattle herders and are still celebrated by stories and songs because they were the heroes of the Pampas, the grassy plains around Buenos Aires. ...

Milonguera (SATB) Oscar Escalada

Oblivion Astor Piazzolla / Arr. Bertrand Moren

Clarinet & Piano

Santafecino De Veras (SATB) Ariel Ramirez / Arr. Oscar Escalada

Santafecino de versa is a chamame, a people's joyful dance from the eastern part of Argentina, an area called Litoral. The dancers put their cheeks together, looking at the same side. They take each other's hands extended ahead, and they dance together with an up and down movement, as if they were jumping. Sometimes they like to shout in a very high tune, which called sapucay, ...