Tres expressions

Tres expressions per a piano (Three expressions for piano) is based on unedited poems from Ombra de Foc (Fire Shadow) by Mercè Corretja. One of the poems is as following:

My Voice comes from the Silence. / It is filled with Herbs, Leaves, / Pine Needles,
Sand and Flowers. / It rises, It grows, / and it becomes a Forest
of Voices, / Of mysterious Vitality that awakens, / and it reveales itself
powerful, vigorous, / and very intimate: / my own Wonder.

About the music, the first expression is a neo-impressionist composition. It expresses the feeling of the poems: L’Alegria de viure (The joy of live). The second one, Meditació (Meditation) is an invitation to introspection. The third one, Tema i variacions (Subject and variations) evokes an old song dedicated to God, of a very remot origin.
With the same title Ombra de Foc I recorded a long play with Picap, that includes other piano compositions inspired in those poems and two songs with lyrics by Salvador Espriu.

Mercè Torrents