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Roberto Sierra: Sinfonía No. 3 "La Salsa", Borikén, El Baile & Beyond the Silence of Sorrow

7/1/2016, 12 Tracks, 1:14:40

Featuring

  • Maximiano Valdés
  • Martha Guth
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico
  • Roberto Sierra

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Composer Biography

Roberto Sierra, the composer of the works on this album, is an internationally acclaimed Puerto Rican composer.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beyond the Silence of Sorrow, a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, is a musical setting of six poems by N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American author.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Sinfonía No. 3 'La Salsa', composer Roberto Sierra mixes diverse types of older and newer rhythms from the music he remembered growing up in Puerto Rico.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

El Baile, another orchestral composition by Roberto Sierra, uses a motivic cell spelling out J.S. Bach's name (B flat, A, C, B natural) which is constantly developed.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Borikén, a piece on this album, was written in 2005 for the 50th anniversary of the Casals Festival in 2006.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Roberto Sierra's Sinfonía No. 3 'La Salsa' was originally commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2005.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Sinfonía No. 3 'La Salsa' draws inspiration from the music of the Spanish Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.

Source: Booklet

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