Latin meets Classic

The title "Latin meets classic" describes the basic idea behind this quintet: the composer tried to make his favorite Latin American rhythms from the 20th century meet with European rhythms from the baroque and rococo periods. For example, in the first movement a BACH motif 'winds its way' into the tango part, and the second movement is a classical minuet from the Mozart era, which is then recalled towards the end on the third movement (samba). All three movements are based on the same plain chord sequences.