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The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Steven Copes, violin
Recorded January 12-14, 2018 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Steven Copes, violin
Recorded January 12-14, 2018 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts





![Sotelo: Red Inner Light Sculpture (excerpt #1)
Mauricio Sotelo
Excerpt from Red Inner Light Sculpture for Solo Violin, Strings and Flamenco Dancer
World Premiere
Recorded June 11, 2016 at the Ordway Concert Hall
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Rubén Olmo, flamenco dancer
Agustín Diassera, percussion
Tito Muñoz, conductor
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Composers note:
This work was commissioned by the celebrated Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, with whom I share an extraordinary musical connection and intense friendship.
The score is a kind of internal memory map, which moves through expressive imaginary landscapes, based on some of the most powerful forms of Andalusian Flamenco, such as Soleá, Soleá por Bulería o los Tangos flamencos. After an introduction con fuoco [which in Italian means with fire] a succession of descending scales built on fantastical chords lead us into that memory of fire that is the expressive vocalization of Soleá. Moments of great intensity alternate with the ecstasy of contemplating a celestial design, an internal sky plagued by bright stars (the trilling notes on the violin). Two cadences of the violin solo are a contrasting natural sound articulating the architecture of the work. Flamenco dancing—rooted in percussion—here represents material being, the beat and the outer shape of the torn soul that musically resonates in this work.
Red Inner Light Sculpture: passionate carving or burned inside edge.
Mauricio Sotelo ©2016 Sotelo: Red Inner Light Sculpture (excerpt #1)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ymDyaMNBL04/mqdefault.jpg)




