Rosa de Sal

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.

Press/Reviews

Press/Reviews