So, I am very excited to be heading up to Toronto today to see Béa and to play for her – and some special invitees – the music for The Mapmaker’s Opera in a special presentation on Monday. It will be good to get feedback to significant sequences of the score, never previously heard outside of my studio, from those who will be attending this little gathering. Continue Reading →
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La Inolvidable y Añorada Trova Yucateca
I have been fortunate to obtain this CD; the information for which was provided to me by Brígido Galván in recent email correspondence.
In short, I love this CD! It has provided all sorts of new inspiration for some of the songs yet to be written for certain characters in the Musical of The Mapmaker’s Opera. The CD itself is 2002 release from BMG Entertainment México S.A. (IMSN: 74321 97621-2) and provides a wealth of music, mostly recorded between 1958-78.
‘Trova Yucateca’ is a musical milieu, as opposed to a musical genre. The style shares much in common with Neapolitan Song and other forms of Italian ‘canzona’. It uses quite distinct devices of vocal harmonies, cross-rhythms and cadential endings similar to the llamada in Flamenco song. Beyond this similarity, however, there seems to be little relationship to Flamenco – at least from the songs included in this two CD set. Continue Reading →
Under Her Spell – The New Song At last!
Hi Folks,
I post this picture of Chris Scallan because his audio mix of the new song (yes, the much awaited, long overdue, previously promised on a number of occasions – never to materialize – mythical entity of a song) is simply amazing and wonderful!
Equally wonderful is the vocal by Sam Rabbone, who, once again; as he did on the track ‘Home Sweet Home’, has delivered a performance that perfectly captures the ‘heart and soul’ of our young protagonist, Diego Clemente. Continue Reading →
Song No. 2 Released: When He Looked At Me
Another good day in MMO world, as we are releasing the second of the rumba gitano songs from the Musical. As aficionados of this site, you will know that there are two major musical influences in The Mapmaker’s Opera: Flamenco -and especially the Siguiriyas – and Mariachi influenced Zapateado.
This second song for Sofia Duarte is derived from page 115 in the Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martins Press Imprint) of the novel – Act II, scene i [In a Mérida square]. Continue Reading →
It’s Here: The First Song Revealed
With sincere apologies for a further unexpected delay (we couldn’t get into the studio to do the mix!) we are delighted to release the first version of a song from Act II of The Mapmaker’s Opera. The song is in mp3 format. The audio quality is equivalent to radio stereo broadcast standard but, alas, it’s not CD quality for our audiophile friends. This simply is a limitation of the WordPress blogging software we are using. To listen, click on the link below.
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