ANDREW GARBETT

MADRIGAL WRITTEN IN WINTER (2002/rev.2008)

for alto solo and ensemble

 

This is a setting of the poem of the same name by Pablo Neruda, and comes from the anthology of poems “Residence on Earth”.    I have used the English translation by Donald D Walsh.    Scored for solo alto, flute, clarinet, harp and strings it is an unashamedly romantic setting, full of lyrical vocal and instrumental writing, and using a fairly simple, direct, completely tonal musical language.       It lasts approximately 9 minutes.

 

Text: “Madrigal Written in Winter” by Pablo Neruda, Translated by Donald D. Walsh from RESIDENCE ON EARTH © 1973 Pablo Neruda and Donald D Walsh. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

 

 

                                                                                                                    -Andrew Garbett

 

 

The following programme notes may be reproduced with the following notice:

© Andrew Garbett, 2010