Joan Magrané Figuera

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Two Meditations for Viola and Harp

These two short pieces, as the title suggests, are reflective and calm in character. Moreover, speaking of the musical material that shapes them, each gesture seems as if the music were meditating on itself—thinking slowly about what should come next—and presenting structures that unfold through accumulation.

The first piece (Calmo, pensieroso), essentially a long melodic line, also passes through moments of expressiveness and agitation. The second has a more contrasted structure, alternating a lyrical section (Poco andante) with another that is more animated and nervous (Mosso). Yet both share a final ascent, as a culminating point, toward a music stripped of all technical artifice—a song.