Four Catalan Songs
For Baritone and String Orchestra
The Four Catalan Songs were commissioned in 2014 by the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra with the support of an Artistic Innovation Award from the Middlesex County Cultral and Heritage Commission. The texts, written by Vicent Andrés Estellés and beautifully translated by Jan Reinhart, span a vast emotional breadth encompassing sentiments of hope, tender romance, fear of death, and rage.
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Recordings
I. Llibre de Meravelles
(Book of Wonders)
III. Dit de la Mort
(Finger of Death)
II. L'Amant
(The Lover)
IV. Fundacions de la Rabia
(Foundations of Rage)
Readings of the Texts
Spoken by Scholar Joan-Carles Martà i Casanova of Elx, Spain
"Llibre de Meravelles"
"L'Amant"
"Fundacions de la Rabia"
Additional Information
This piece was premiered in June of 2014 by the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra. Charles Schneider was the soloist, and Mark Hyczko was the conductor.
The premier performance was noted by NUVOL, a Spanish-based Catlan newspaper, as well as US. 1, a princeton based newspaper.
An earlier version of the third song (Finger of Death) that featured Soprano Galit Dadoun was written and performed in 2013 by the same ensemble.