Simón García: Mali-malist for string orchestra or string quintet

About the Composition 'Mali-Malist is a word game combining Mali and minimalist. I wrote this piece for a "Festival au Desert, Presenza dAfrica" in 2012 where I played with the women singers group Tartit from Mali. A civil war had broken out in Mali and with this piece, I wanted to pay tribute to the Malian people. I wrote it as a kind of war documentary, as the music for a TV news program. The feel of the music is minimalism and chill-out, but with a reflective message. The slow glissandos for double bass 3 (bars 41-48) describe the sound of the war siren. The traditional music of Mali is repetitive music, and over this idea, I wrote a piece with a minimalist feel. I used others elements of Mali´s music such as a monotone and rhythmic bass line. It´s a high-energy piece where I try to make the audience feel what Mali´s people feel when the war siren starts to sound.' [Simón García] Originally for double bass quartet, Mali-malist is now available in versions for cello quartet or strin