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Reena Esmail

Composer

Rosa de Sal

February 18, 2022 by

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 is available here. A wonderful English translation is available here.

Premiere/Performances

This piece was commissioned by Nirav Kamdar, on the occasion of his wedding.

Press/Reviews

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Instrumentation: soprano and piano

Other Versions:
– trumpet and chamber orchestra (forthcoming)

Duration: 7′

Year: 2020

Movements: 1

Language: Spanish

Commissioned by: Nirav Kamdar

Program Notes

Recording

Text

Premiere/Performances

Press/Reviews

Esmail is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and was Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence. She also holds awards/fellowships from United States Artists, the S&R Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Kennedy Center.

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