composer: Jeff Smallman
Text: Julia Esquivel
Duration: 17:20
Soprano or mezzo soprano, piano
Soprano solo & orchestra: (2.2.2.1 2.0.0.0 timp., triangle, snare, bass dr., tam tam, celeste, harp, 4.4.3.2.2)
This song cycle for soprano and piano sets five poems written by Guatemalan poet Julia Esquivel. This work describes the author's unmistakable connection to the land and her people. The soprano setting has been orchestrated.