Get Flash to see this player.
Description
This is number 2 of "Three Pieces for Orchestra," and was written as a memorial to my mother, who died in 1978. The title is a line taken from a Federico García Lorca poem called "Cordoba," and means "Death is watching me." 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); death will take him before he gets there.
This is an attempt to express some of my feelings about my mother, who passed her love of music on to me, but had a hard time of it in life and died far too early.
I was trying to evoke feelings of both beauty and sadness in the music.
Performed by the Memorial University Chamber Orchestra, Nancy Dahn conducting, and this version is from a 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!
This is an attempt to express some of my feelings about my mother, who passed her love of music on to me, but had a hard time of it in life and died far too early.
I was trying to evoke feelings of both beauty and sadness in the music.
Performed by the Memorial University Chamber Orchestra, Nancy Dahn conducting, and this version is from a 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!
Leave a Comment
You must be registered and logged-in to comment.
Lyrics
(instrumental)
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