Symphony No. 2 “Song for the Passing of Time” (2022)

Movements

I. Temps perdut
II. Nova claror
III. S'ha trencat el collaret de l'infinit
IV. Anys
V. En la teva mort
VI. Si oblido

Instrumentation

Mezzosoprano, Violin and Ensemble
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World premiere

29th October 2022 | (X32)

Auditori de Rafelbunyol. València (Rafel Festival)

La Primitiva de Rafelbunyol. Ximo Tarín (conductor)

Comment

The Symphony is named "Song for the Passing of Time" and it is written for a large group of winds and percussion that accompany a mezzo soprano voice singing verses from a few of my favourite poets. These are Joan Vinyoli, Salvador Espriu, Enric Casasses, Vicent Andrés Estellés and Joan Brossa. Through these texts we take a journey in six movements through some of the sensations we experience with the passing of time, at times quite overwhelming. Fear, uncertainty, eternity, oblivion: these are some of the concepts that the piece explores; concepts that we all experience due to this uninterrupted passing of time, that push us almost without realising through the different phases of our lives.
L'autor

Duration

23 min

Genre

Vocal/Ensemble

Completion year

2022

Dedication

a La Primitiva de Rafelbunyol, amb estima