Elegía errante

For solo Viola

2009

Carolina Noguera Palau

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Program Notes

Elegía errante
(Drifting Elegy)

Duration: 9 minutes approximately

Based on a simple melody, Elegía errante (Drifting Elegy) explores the

expressive possibilities of the distinctive gestures, overall performing style
and associated affect of certain popular Latin-American music. The goal is
neither to evoke this cultural context nor to translate it into classical music
standards, but to allow the idiosyncrasies of these musical languages to
become a source of new musical expressive possibilities. The procedure
consists of amplifying these idiosyncrasies and unfolding them to the point
that they become alien both to its popular origins and to classical music. By
doing this, the piece oscillates constantly between the stability provided by
the simplicity of the melody, and the chaotic potential of its stylistic and
affective elements. I explore this oscillation through the use of more or less
subtle timbre and pitch transformations. This tension between certain given
musical standards and the dissolving quality of some of the expressions they
give rise to is the main concern of this piece, just as it is to my mind, one of
the most fundamental elements of music in general.

CNP

Elegía errante was premiered by Rose Redgrave at the Old Joint Stock Theatre
on the 15th of December of 2009. The revised version was performed by Garth
Knox during the Frontiers Series at Birmingham Conservatoire the 8th of
February of 2010.
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