Concerto for Marimba and Small Orchestra (Piano Red)
Composer: Sarcich, Paul
Instrumentation: Marimba Difficulty: Advanced
Accompaniment: Piano
Inspired by the altiplano music of the Andean region of South America, it admirably expresses the history of the ordinary people of the region who have been subjected to a particularly nasty succession of interfering and oppressive political regimes. No matter how upbeat the music, it always seems to contain an undercurrent of great sadness; and no matter how sad the music, it seems to have an overlay of great joy in life.