Rosa de Sal

February 18, 2022 by

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Program Notes

A setting of Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet 17 in the original Spanish, this setting matches the dark, evocative language of Neruda with a constantly shifting tonality of Raag Puriya Dhanashree.

Recording

Elissa Johnston, soprano and HyeJin Kim, piano

Text

The original poem and translation are available here.

Premiere/Performances

This piece was commissioned by Nirav Kamdar.

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Instrumentation: soprano and piano
Other Versions:

Rosa de Sal (trumpet and orchestra) version for trumpet and chamber orchestra (2222.2211; timp+2; harp)

Duration: 7'
Year: 2020
Movements: 1
Commissioned By:

Nirav Kamdar