Metro Chabacano (Álvarez)

Metro Chabacano is a string quartet composition by Mexican composer Javier Álvarez (1956–2023), named after the Chabacano metro station in Mexico City. The musical piece originated as a work dedicated to his parents in 1988. In 1991, Álvarez recomposed it for an exhibition of kinetic sculptures by Marcos Límenes at the metro station. The revised version was premiered and recorded by the Cuarteto Latinoamericano and performed live at the exhibition's inauguration. It has since been adapted as a string orchestra, and performed by ensembles including the Brodsky Quartet, Camerata Romeu, and St. Lawrence String Quartet, as well as in orchestral settings conducted by Alondra de la Parra and Keri-Lynn Wilson.

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