[Gocamino] The Song of Compostela (arranged by Yamashita)

[Donald Schell]

David and all,

You can see and hear Yaamashita performing this piece at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybK_te6Vi5E

The tonalities do sound like Galician folk music but it's much more  
meditative than what I usually thinking of Spanish-Celtic music,
maybe a hint of someone remembering Santiago fondly a distance and  
time away.

love,
donald

On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:55 PM, David Hough on gocamino wrote:


> The Japanese guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita performed in
> San Francisco on October 20.    I did not attend or
> even
> hear about this until a week later, when I found the
> program at another unrelated concert.    His own
> program
> notes included this piece about which I have no
> further
> information:
>
> The Song of Compostela (arr. Yamashita)
>
> The Galicia region of northwestern Spain faces out on
> the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the west, while
> the
> southern part borders on Portugal.   Santiago de
> Compostela is located at the center of this region and
> is the location of the celebrated St Jacob Monastery,
> which ever since the Middle Ages has been a holy site
> to which pilgrims from all over Europe have made their
> way.    The Song of Compostela is an arrangement by
> Kazuhito Yamashita of several ancient songs handed
> down in this region.    This beautiful and deeply
> moving work gives one the impression of listening
> to the narration of an old folk tale.
>
>