Under the direction of Glenn D. Price, DMA, CCM's acclaimed Wind Orchestra performs Silverstre Revueltas' "Sensemayá" (trans. Frank Bencriscutto). This video was recorded during the College Band Directors National Association's 2013 National Conference.
From a poem by the Afro-Cuban revolutionary Nicolás Guillén, "Sensemayá" (1938) evokes ancient Mayan civilization and the ritualistic sacrifice of a snake. Its foreboding recapitulation transmits the incessant underlying rhythm where both main themes are overlapped in a chaotic frenzy, ending conclusively with the inevitable death-blow.
