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Composer: Alan Taylor
Title: Cancion a la Tierra (Song to the Earth)
Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra of cl, sop sax, hn, tpt tbn, strings, drum kit, with two female singers
Duration: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Moderate

Programme note:

The piece is a setting of a text, in Spanish, given below, followed by a translation.

Te vi llorando
porque habias visto
la muerte
andando por las carreteras
de la vida

Cayo la lluvia ligera
en tu piel
tus lagrimas
cuando te regresaron
esos pensamientos

La violencia humana
contra to cuerpo
y tus ninos
vencera todo
y se venceea

I saw you weeping
for you had seen
death
walking the highways
of life

Th gentle rain fell
on your skin
your tears
when those throughts
came back to you

Human violence
against your body
and your children
will overcome all
and will defeat itself

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