Commissioned by Lontano, first performance by Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez, 1 September 2006, Warehouse, London.
In
cristales y susurros (crystal and whispers), evocative gestures and motives drawn from the vernacular music of Buenos Aires continuously proliferate, echoing the ripples left by a magical night as it is forgotten to later resurface as torn lace, shimmering silk and spilt champagne.
S.M.
' ... if you listen intently you can discern the same little motifs coming back again and again, turned this way and that. But this isn't parsimony, it's the sign of an emotional heat which keeps returning to the same thoughts, like a regretful lover.'Ivan Hewitt,
BBC Music Magazine(recording of septet version)
- ISMN: 9790570684342 (M570684342)