Product Description
Juan María Solare: Hamacando a las mellizas
(Swinging
Twins or Swinging the twins)
a children blues for piano
This work was born -precisely- while rocking (swinging) my twins Laura and Alma, as
an improvised melody that accompanied their activity (or rather mine). From
there to write it down there was only one step. As a second theme, it seemed
appropriate to invert the melody, since twinhood
implies a certain specular symmetry.
Hamacando a las mellizas has the traditional structure of the twelve-bar
blues, and a merry, innocent and carefree character.
Hamacando a las mellizas was composed in Bremen (Germany) between June 21
and 23, 2020. Shortly afterwards, adaptations for a variety of instrumental
combinations were written, such as
- alto saxophone, double bass and piano (*)
- clarinet, double bass and piano
- violin and piano
- clarinet quartet
The version for clarinet quartet was premiered within the framework of the
IV International Festival of Clarinets of San Martín de los Andes (Argentina),
which took place online from November 12 to 15, 2020. Performers (from right to
left):
- Gabriel Blasberg (Buenos Aires)
- Lorena Portilla (Saladillo, province of Buenos Aires)
- Amelia Saftich (San Martín de los Andes, province of Neuquén)
- Ximena Hegen ("Inu") (Bariloche, province of Río Negro).
- Video editing: Bernabé Arrighi
https://youtu.be/UkcAALkVn88
(*) find this version in
Spotify, Apple Music etc. from 1 January 2021.
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