Para Que Tu Me Oigas
Instrumentation: Symphony Orchestra (1.1.1.1, 1.1.0.0, timp+2, piano, strings)
Duration: ~7:00
Premiered by The Curiosity Cabinet
Recent Performance Date: April 23, 2023 by Hofstra Symphony Orchestra
Program Notes:
This piece was inspired by the poem, “Para que tu me oigas” from Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda. It is a symphonic poem trying to explore the themes found in the text. When writing the piece there were musical ideas that I gave rhetorical weight and meaning based on the poem; the listener may certainly read the poem and experience the work through their own unique lens.