After the deep impression the concert generated on me, of our dear and missing catalan soprano Victòria dels Àngels, at the music festival of Torroella de Montgrí in 1987, I decided to compose this work.
The next day of the concert, still under its starling efect, I created my first work for solo voice and piano.
For that end, I found this beautiful poem of catalan poet Miquel Martí i Pol. Later, in 2003 I returned to use poems of this poet: the dramatic work Després de tot.
The sound archive I show below is for mezzosoprano, although the original version was created for baritone.
Work included in the shows:
Occasionally falls a dense curtain
Occasionally falls a dense curtain
above everything, and everything becomes sterile.
It is not silence and it is more than silence.
The words float in a still sea,
the whole chamber is a trap and explote,
uselessly, distresses and proyects.
Nothing distracts of this terrible moments
as close the eyes and imagine a girl
of body suitable for a game, to the fight.
Occasionally falls a dense curtain (2'56):
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- Voice: Glòria Garcés
- Piano: Paco Viciana
Concert at the Auditorium Viader oof Girona on June 5, 2003
