Description
Perusal Score
Audio
Video
Duration
4 min.
Premiere
30 March 2005
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, New York
David Fulmer, violin; Maiya Paipach, viola; Joanne Lin, cello
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, New York
David Fulmer, violin; Maiya Paipach, viola; Joanne Lin, cello
Instrumentation
violin, viola, cello
Program Notes
Cantiga was composed in 1997 as the central movement of a string trio, the remaining movements of which have been withdrawn. It takes the form of a slow, lyrical meditation on a mis-remembered, if not entirely fabricated, fragment of Galician folk poetry:
A onde irá meu Romero
A onde irá meu Romero
Chegará a Compostela
A ver Santo Apostol
(Where will my wanderer go? He will arrive at Compostela and see the blessed apostle.)
Cantiga may be performed alone or as part of the Cancionero AnoÌnimo, a loose grouping of fragments, sketches, studies, and completed works that together document a life.