Miguel Farías
Kuntur
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 2 2 0, timp, perc(3), hp, cel, str
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute (+picc)
3rd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
cor anglais
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
bass clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
contrabassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
1st trombone
2nd trombone
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
celesta
harp
violin I (14 players)
violin II (12 players)
viola (10 players)
violoncello (8 players)
double bass (6 players)
Kuntur
Work introduction
Kuntur is the quechua word for Condor.
This work proposes a dialogue between Strauss's Fledermaus and different latinamerican musics inspired in flying animals, as "El Condor Pasa", "El Pájaro Campana", "El Pájaro Chogüi" and "Tico tico".