El Mercado translates as The Market or The Marketplace. The music presents the colourful images of the boisterous hustle and bustle of a local village marketplace; people moving from stall to stall, buying and selling their wares.El Mercado is a joyfully energetic piece with melodic lines and independent counter melodies shared across the ensemble.

Grade: 2.5
Time signature: 3/4
Key: G minor
Duration approx 1:40

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass