XOCHIQUETZAL by John Craton performed by Sebastiaan de Grebber - mandolin & Eva van den Dool - piano

Xochiquetzal by John Craton premiered by the Dutch Mandolin and Piano Duo Sebastiaan de Grebber and Eva van den Dool during a concert in Zwolle on July 5th, 2008 in the presence of the composer and his wife.
Xochiquetzal is the 1st of a set of five pieces for mandolin and piano titled Dioses aztecas (Aztec Gods), and was written in 2006 for Dutch mandolinist Sebastiaan de Grebber. To perform Xochiquetzal Sebastiaan uses a 5bis Embergher concert mandolin build in 1956 by Pasquale Pecoraro. Pecoraro was one of the luthiers of the famous Luigi Embergher atelier and one of a very small number of luthiers trained by the master himself.

Although, as composer John Craton informs us, the Aztec pantheon consisted of more than 200 gods and goddesses, five of the most colorful were selected for musical representations in this collection: Xochiquetzal (Flower Quetzal-Feather), Xochipilli (Flower Prince), Ayauhteotl (Mysterious Goddess of Nature), Mictlantecuhtli (Lord of Mictlan), and Huehuecoyotl (Old Old Coyote).

Xochiquetzal was the Goddess of flowers, dance, and love, she also was the patroness of artisans, prostitutes, and pregnant women. Her retinue consisted of birds and butterflies, and worshippers adorned themselves with animal and flower masks at her festival which was celebrated every eight years.


For more information about John Craton and his music, please visit his Internet Website by clicking here: http://www.craton.net/

More info on Sebastiaan de Grebber, his concerts and CDs, please visit his website: http://www.degrebber-mandolin.com/ or the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra of which Sebastiaan de Grebber is the Concert master:
http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelkom.htm
This video was made by Mr. van den Dool at a concert given at the concert hall of the Centre for the Arts De Muzerie in Zwolle on Saterday July 5th, 2008. The release of this video is published by Het CONSORT, Zwolle, Netherlands, 2008.

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[gusjan2]

Eva and Sebastian, well done!.

[southcoastsounds]

Superb playing