Composed by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz for the Chicago Harp Quartet in 2015 and dedicated to the renowned harp teacher Susann McDonald, Cuban Dream after the Storm is a Latin American tour de force for harp quartet. Ortiz, a world famous Paraguayan harpist and harp composer, grew up in Cuba and the piece is a recollection of his childhood memories. Notes from the score indicate that the opening "is a thunderstorm. Feel the wind and hear the thunder coming closer . . . and then going away . . ." As a child, Ortiz recalled sitting in his home and hearing music in the distance, coming closer and closer, exploding in a scene of color and life. The conga line would pass by his home, shaking the walls with thundering music. The piece closes with a conga in the distance that gets closer and more raucous with each measure. The Chicago Harp Quartet
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Recorded on 09/09/2015, uploaded on 05/12/2016
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Composed by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz for the Chicago Harp Quartet in 2015 and dedicated to the renowned harp teacher Susann McDonald, Cuban Dream after the Storm is a Latin American tour de force for harp quartet. Ortiz, a world famous Paraguayan harpist and harp composer, grew up in Cuba and the piece is a recollection of his childhood memories. Notes from the score indicate that the opening "is a thunderstorm. Feel the wind and hear the thunder coming closer . . . and then going away . . ." As a child, Ortiz recalled sitting in his home and hearing music in the distance, coming closer and closer, exploding in a scene of color and life. The conga line would pass by his home, shaking the walls with thundering music. The piece closes with a conga in the distance that gets closer and more raucous with each measure. The Chicago Harp Quartet
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