I've listened to the song and reviewed the piece and these in my personal opinion as to what the song is about and how the song should be felt.

Movt 1 : La Laguna Del Shimbe

Beginning: The setting, a lagoon high up in the Andes mountains. The wind and the clouds are simulated by the timp, bassdrum and tamtam. In sepulchral darkness the crickets chirp (vibraslap). The moon casts a reflection on the waters' surface, only to be disturbed by the healers who harness the lagoon's healing waters.(first flexitone). The healers perform some rites and shake up some powdery concoction(rattle). When the trumpets, trombones come in, the healing waters begin to show effect. As the mood builds up, the people who came are slowly healed. The bassoon solo provides the tribal procedings that are taking part simultaneously.

At A, the mood builds up to another level. This is when the person is being hypnotised by the juice of the San Pedro Cactus. With every Impact on the 1st and the 3rd beat, he sways in a trance-like state while the witch doctor tries to seek the cause of his inherent ill. When the timp solo arrives he awakens from his dream of psychedelic swirls. At 3bars before B, when the basses and timp come in with Bb Db Bb, he feels a tad better.

B is the bridge between A and C. It marks the end of the mysterious lagoon, Laguna Del Shimbe. It is like zooming out of the scene. It brings up the mood only to mellow and then resurface with a tambourine accompaniment that leads into C. When the mood builds up at 4bars before C, It is zooming into another scene, the livelihood of the tribe of aguarinas.



(to be continued)

drummed at 8:14 PM;