Ok, castanets aren’t even remotely my thing, but people who are excellent at what they do, are.
This is that. Lucero Tena joins the orchestra at 1:10, if you want to jump ahead.
[Intermedio. La boda de Luís Alonso. J Gimenez. Lucero Tena] (Viewer #5,061,512)
I’ll see your castanets and raise you a piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QB7ugJnHgs
(Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23 #5 HQ played by Valentina Lisitsa)
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You don’t find many bands (or orchestras) that include a castanetist anymore. Pity.
Probably because it is so difficult to write music for a castanet… let alone for two of them.
somewhere out there is a british knight without testicles.
So, does she get paid to do that? And is there a market for the audio recordings or am I not the only one who thinks that without the video of her facial expressions accompanying the sound it would totally lose the entertainment value?