La Culebra Gregory B. Rudgers

La Culebra Gregory B. Rudgers"La Culebra" is a traditional Mexican folk dance that depicts a story of a group of men working in the fields. As they are working, their wives are on their way to the fields to pay a visit. In their way to the fields, they encounter a group of venomous snakes. The men, hearing their wives scream in terror, run toward them and begin to fend off the snakes, slapping them with their sombreros. In the end, the snakes win the battle, and the men go to

should match the same level of intensity as the opening

In the key of G minor and D minor

Veteran arranger Lloyd Conley has chosen two movements from a Mozart "Wind Divertimento" that produce a delightfully transparent and melodious short suite

The rhythms of the song probably stem from the Sardana

and showcasing smaller groups of the orchestra

The texture is characterized by lush but mild dissonances and the melodic material is distributed widely among violins

articulations

An isolated dark tower stands deep in the woods

A wonderful canzona in the traditional style

you catch a dizzying and joyful new glimpse of everything you could be

After the theme

after a brief introduction