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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.
The original poem is available here. A wonderful English translation is available here.
This piece was commissioned by Nirav Kamdar, on the occasion of his wedding.
Instrumentation: soprano and piano
Other Versions:
– trumpet and chamber orchestra (forthcoming)
Duration: 7′
Year: 2020
Movements: 1
Language: Spanish
Commissioned by: Nirav Kamdar
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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