Las amarillas - trad Mexican arr Stephen Hatfield

Altissime
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Conductors Maaike Christie-Beekman, Marian Campbell
Accompanists Marian Campbell, Madeline Hayward
The Big Sing 2015
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington NZ
13-15 August 2015

[@gxnja_bxby8010]

my choir did this and it was hell to learn especially the claps but it's a beautiful song that i still love to listen to

[@xxcloverxx9]

learning it rn and it sucks to learn

[@Maria-gm3yn]

Same we're learning it rn and it's so fudging hard😭😭

[@freedomfirst5557]

Beautiful mix of Mexico and from Spain.

[@juanmartinez-villa2392]

thank you for love our folkloric music.
it's a pleasure to listen this song in your voices

[@sarahsmiles4275]

I'm doing this in my 8th grade choir. Thank you for sharing. I helps alot for practice.

[@lexitooker9992]

The tempo is supposed to be 160. It's meant to be fast.

[@DaveMichaels]

Yup - but not 190 (their tempo). They should look at the dance itself in order to base a concept of tempo. I think 160 is more correct. But that's the only thing ... Very talented group!

[@eowynadcox4964]

I'm doing it with my choir right now, it starts at 160, and during the multiplication part it speeds up to 192

[@marcoalbarranelcurado8448]

Magnifico

[@sallietaylor8503]

This song is over the top .

[@miguelangelorozco5462]

Excelent :)

[@inmaculadagarcia-cosiohern831]

Amazing

[@coronaaugusto56]

México is not Spain.

[@bluekg13]

Música Huasteca is mexican but influenced buy Spain in the nineteenth century so its a little of both.

[@lorenzop.g.3660]

@@bluekg13 this isn’t huasteca music this song is from guerrero which isn’t apart of the huasteca region of mexico

[@marcoalbarranelcurado8448]

Una chilena de guerrero

[@miguelmarure266]

🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@PassengerInMortality]

Good execution. However, the tempo was way too fast. Didn't let the groove settle in. This is based on the Mexican traditional dance, the huapango. The dance is not as fast as this tempo. A fast tempo makes for a good show, but not quite what Hatfield intended.

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

@watchin This song is not from the Huasteca region. It is from the state of Guerrero which has different styles of music.

[@grecox75]

@@gabrieltrejo2533 You're right. Actually, this song belongs to "chilenas" a type of Mexican music that resembles the "marineras" and "cuecas" brought in by Peruvian and Chilean immigrants, who passed through Acapulco during the Gold Fever in California, in the mid XIX Century.

[@PassengerInMortality]

@@gabrieltrejo2533 Interesting. I didn't say what region it is from, however, and certainly didn't mention "Huasteca". Hatfield says it is based on the huapango. Any videos and tracks I search on the huapango confirms this.

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

@@PassengerInMortality Huasteca actually covers more than one state, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Queretaro even Northern Veracruz are part of the Huateca region. But this song does not come from any of those states. It's even mentioned in the song, Guerrero.

[@bradhayashi1106]

@@gabrieltrejo2533 Very interesting information. Irrelevant to the tempo of this choir. They are taking it way too fast. This is a dance. The "huapongo" is what Hatfield's research with a native gave him. And like I said, you can find this tune and dancers on CZcams. I do know that this is too fast for the intended composition as I not only have done this with my choirs, but I did my dissertation on Hatfield's music and we have become good friends and I do know on an intimate level how Hatfield intended his pieces to be performed.

[@maximinohernandez118]

Honestly, it sounds way cooler if it goes faster.

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

The traditional Las Amarillas czcams.com/video/tN7Zlx1NiUc/video.html

[@PassengerInMortality]

Exactly! I referenced this video myself when researching Hatfield's music.

[@ciru4529]

@@PassengerInMortality Yes, and this is a Chilena.

[@eliskasakreidova3476]

Moc vysoko

[@ninahermann7337]

M0

[@kymberlyn420]

💚❤️🤍

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

Las Amarillas is a Mexican folk song but all the clapping and whatnot is considered flamenco, which is from Spain not Mexico. Nice effort though

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

My choir is doing this song and the claps and snaps are written into the music. It was not something they just added in, its on the actual sheet music for this version

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

@@purplecatloverrandompizza Not authentic though. This is misrepresentation of the source material.

[@PassengerInMortality]

@@gabrieltrejo2533 It's not meant to be autentico, per the composer.

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

@@PassengerInMortality Obviously. It's still misrepresentation though.

[@nannalaz]

This is too fast, not right

[@johanneswolfgangkolbneuhau5231]

would rather not be mexican and rather spanish in character from Spain !

[@miguelangelorozco5462]

IDIOT!

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

Wrong! If they really were going to be faithful to the source material then they should of sang a different song. Mexico has one of the most beautiful and diverse cultures in the world. Food, dance, music, customs and tradition is why Mexico>Spain.