This arrangement was commissioned by Michelle Amezcua, for the México Mágico event on March 2024 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
“The huapango [musical] style originated in Mexico’s coastal Veracruz region; its usual instrumentation is a violin, a small folk harp, and various members of the guitar family, which Moncayo sometimes evokes with pizzicato (occasionally even strummed) strings and orchestral harp.
Moncayo based this work on three themes from Veracruz: El Siquisirí, El Balajú, and El Gavilancito. Toward the end, the composer creates a musical duel for the trumpet and trombone, in which they exchange musical phrases instead of the traditional insults of competing huapango singers.” – James Reel. New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
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