Instrumentation: organ (11:00)
First Performance: September 29, 2024, Igreja Paroquial de São Martinho de Cedofeita, Porto, Portogal
Pedro Monteiro, organ
Organist Pedro Monteiro based in Porto, Portugal arranged and premiered Marimba Montuño in 2024. This brilliant and exhilarating adaptation breathes new life into a work originally composed for solo marimba in 2002. Pedro Monteiro’s interpretation offers a strikingly fresh perspective, transforming the piece with bold imagination and nuance.
This new adaptation conjures a sound world that is haunting, lush, and powerful. Mr. Monteiro’s careful selection of specific organ stops introduces unexpected acoustic phenomena, lending the piece a distinctive and compelling sonic character.