Contrasts. Carlos Pellicer Anderes

V-979-2024

Diptych for brass quintet, cajon and brushes

Work commission for the Instituto Valenciano de la Música/CulturArts in 2013. "Contrasts" is a piece written in two movements for a metal quintet and also incorporates the "?amenco box" in the second of them, as simple instrumental and rhythmic support without leaving aside the main protagonism that throughout the piece concentrates in the brass quintet. The ?rst of the movements, "Largo for a movie", is inspired by the music of cinema given the relationship that the author has developed in this ?eld in some of his works. A small and melancholy crossing that from the beginning little by little is taking more force until arriving at the parliament only of the trombone. Just as a ?lm sequence could develop. The second movement, "Allegro for all", is the opposite of the ?rst. Almost without any connection to the ?rst, it develops with much more rhythm, strength and vigor. Also, the precision of each voice and the rhythmic support of the "?amenco box" make the music ?ow more directly to the listener especially in the last part of the work where now, the metals can bring out all their innate majesty.