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This has a subtitle: "La Muerte Me Está Mirando," which is a line taken from a Federico García Lorca poem called "Cordoba." The gist of the poem is the fatalist sense that no matter what the protagonist does, he knows he'll never reach his destination (Cordoba); he senses death will grab him before he gets there.
Pretty heavy stuff, I know, but it resonated with me, and I was looking to write something that expressed some of my own feelings about my mother, who died 28 years ago and had a hard time of it in life.
I thought she was beautiful, so hopefully some of that comes through in the music.
Performed by the Memorial University Chamber Orchestra, Nancy Dahn conducting, and this version is from the CD they recorded in 1995. The performers were students, including some who were still in high school.
The others pieces from this set are:
#1, Es Verdad, and
#3, El Niño Come Naranjas.
Each has a very different character.
All comments acknowledged and highly appreciated!
Pretty heavy stuff, I know, but it resonated with me, and I was looking to write something that expressed some of my own feelings about my mother, who died 28 years ago and had a hard time of it in life.
I thought she was beautiful, so hopefully some of that comes through in the music.
Performed by the Memorial University Chamber Orchestra, Nancy Dahn conducting, and this version is from the CD they recorded in 1995. The performers were students, including some who were still in high school.
The others pieces from this set are:
#1, Es Verdad, and
#3, El Niño Come Naranjas.
Each has a very different character.
All comments acknowledged and highly appreciated!
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drakonis
Wow, I really enjoyed this, despite the fact that it is a bit modern and
dissonant for my more traditional ear... normally I'm not at all a fan of
this kind of complex impressionistic style of music. First off, you say
"live performance" but don't give any more details, so I am assuming
this was a recording of a real performance of your score somewhere?
If true, then by itself, that is very exciting! It certainly sounded like real
instruments, and not the MOTU symphony synths. It was very well
recorded & performed by whoever did it (maybe you can edit the
description and add this info?) Secondly, very well written score, the
mood definitely gets across as tragically beautiful and longing... well
paced to draw out the emotion. Then the unexpected ending, the final
held breath, and descending exhale was chillingly effective. Bravo!
Faved!
ttfn,
Drakonis