Escamas (Three Flutes)

Escamas for three flutes, by Daniel Cueto.

""Escamas", the title of this work, is Spanish for "fish scales". The work is inspired by the iconography of the Moche and Chimú civilizations, which dominated the northern coast of present-day Peru from the II. to the XII. centuries.

Specifically, I was inspired by depictions of sea creatures, both real and mythical, as well as depictions of maritime activities such as sailing and fishing. These depictions are mostly found on pottery, as well as on walls in archeological sites of the mentioned civilizations."

Movements:

I. Cardumen (Shoal of Fish)

II. Navegando (At Sea)

III. Oráculo (Oracle)

IV. Carreteros (Ghost Crabs)

Instrumentation: three C-Flutes

Duration: 7 minutes

Commissioned by: Pan-American Trio (Laurel Swinden, Brielle Frost and Sini Rueda)