Percussion, trumpet, cello-Drumpetello is unique-this is the first four pieces ever published for this instrumentation.

When Drumpetello first got together to play music as an ensemble, there was just one problem: there were no pieces yet written for our unique combination of percussion, trumpet, and cello. The group decided to rectify this situation immediately. They contacted four composers, who each agreed to write a piece: Thomas Osborne, Matthew Schoendorff, Lauren Bernofsky, James Stephenson.

Each composer wrote a piece inspired by the folklore and mythology of Mexico (or in some cases, the people and societies who lived there before the country of Mexico existed). The result has been four distinct and evocative portraits of what can be called Mesoamerican culture, which are also the first four pieces ever published for this instrumentation.

Track Listing

• The Beginning of Everything: Prelude: The Creation of the Sea and Earth
• The Beginning of Everything: 1. Making the Birds, Insects, and Animals
• The Beginning of Everything: 2. Making Man from Clay
• The Beginning of Everything: 3. Making Man from Wood
• The Beginning of Everything: 4. Making Man from Maize
• Ancient Deities: 1. Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl
• Ancient Deities: 2. Huitzilopochtili
• Ancient Deities: 3. Talc
• Ancient Deities: 4. Piqueta-Zina
• Ancient Deities: 5. Mictlantecuhtli
• Ancient Deities: 6. Quetzalcoatl
• Mesoamerican Suite: 1. The Bridge of Many Colors
• Mesoamerican Suite: 2. The Stargazer
• Mesoamerican Suite: 3. The Trickster
• Mesoamerican Suite: 4. Song to Three Stars
• Mesoamerican Suite: 5. The Marvelous Chirrionera
• Mexican Folklore Suite: 1. The Coyote and the Fox
• Mexican Folklore Suite: 2. The Mermaid of the Volcano
• Mexican Folklore Suite: 3. The Snake

Additional Details

Label: Summit Records

Genre: Classical

Language: English

Run Time: 60 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/20/18

UPC: 099402721927