Cat No. JM32921
Price £37.50
Composer: Howard Snell
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, Howard Snell Music

Thumbnail sketch of Mexico - very difficult; with extravagant percussion.

Howard Snell writes:
I wrote Postcard from Mexico for a BBC TV contest, because I urgently needed a finisher to provide an exciting and powerful end to the programme. PFM did the trick and to my surprise immediately became popular with bands and audiences. I evoked the atmosphere of Mexican music with nods towards Aaron Copland, Chavez and Ginastera. However the responsability for most of it, particularly the rhythmic difficulties and the unusual drunken middle section, must be laid at my door.

We grade it 2 and 3 because, while difficult, so many bands love to tangle with its problems.

Postcard from Mexico, by Howard Snell, is available on the CD 'Fever Fantasy!' by Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band, conducted by John Hinckley.

To purchase the CD or see a track listing please click here.