Feb 11, 2019
Weekly Filipino Art Music Feature #12 “Tatlong Tagulaylay” (Three Lamentations) For soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano Jonas Baes (b. 1961) Composed 2017
Here’s something quite experimental, if that’s more up your alley.. You can check out the video description for more information:
The music is a dissolution of the nationalist song "Mutya" by Aloysius Baes, [...] here quoted but in residues throughout the composition. The word "tagulaylay" is associated with various meanings, among them a plaintive melody suggesting lament, used in the Philippine "pasyon" traditions, especially in the Tagalog region in Luzon Island.
As context, Aloysius Baes’ Mutya is a protest song based on Sr. Bonifacio Abdon’s Kundiman. :)