Agawan Sa Base (Batang Laro/Child Play Suite) by Bayani Mendoza de Leon

Angelito Agcaoili gives the world premiere performance of Bayani Mendoza de Leon's Batang Laro (Child Play Suite)- VII. Agawan Sa Base. UST GUITARRA 2010- 1st International Guitar Festival of the University of Santo Tomas. PhilAm Life Auditorium, Manila, Philippines. August 24, 2010

Batang Laro, a child play suite for solo guitar, was inspired by animated scenes of children playing native Philippine games in the composer's imagination. The rhythmic motifs were drawn essentially from Philippine folk dances ranging from the tuppaya-patung of the Igorots (northern Philippine tribe), the habanera, polka, balitaw, jota, and moro-moro of rural folks in Central Luzon and the Visayas, and the inagung and tinambul of Mindanao. The composer made liberal use of these rhythms, incorporating them into his own original dance-like melodies. As such, the various pieces in this suite can lend themselves to choreographic inventions that can be performed with the music, along the lines of Philippine children's games specified in each number.

This work was commissioned by Angelito Agcaoili and Manuel Soriano.

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