Spices

Spices is a commission from the trumpet player José Cháfer, to whom this piece is dedicated, to be played for the first time in the “43rd Annual International Conference of San Antonio, Texas”, in the USA in May 2018.

The piece is organized in different sections that make reference to the taste universe represented by combinations of different spices that stimulate that sense.

For that purpose, different elements are opposed:

·Stimulating the senses: The overture awakens our senses and invites us to discover a universe of contrasts.

·Fresh mint: a breath of fresh air for our palate and our ears.

·Sugar and cinnamon: a touch of sweetness that defines the good moments.

·Chilli pepper: an adventure towards an explosive sensory experience, do you dare to taste it? An intensity which is expressed with the excitement of our taste buds.

·Peppermint: the coolness of the fresh grass that invades us again with its enticing and herbal aroma.