Dreaming in a Bed of Flowers
- Year
- 2023
- Duration
- 5'
- Categories
- Duos Environmental Theme
- Dedication
- Isabel Dobarro and Ruben Torres
- Commission
- Isabel Perez Dobarro
- Premiere
- This duo was recently completed. Upcoming performances are being planned for 2024 in Europe.
- Publisher
- Ocean Sound
- Number of Pages
- 8
Program Notes
Dreaming in a Bed of Flowers is meant to highlight the importance of natural habitats for plants. In this case, flowers in addition to humans. The effects of natural beauty and endless views of sweet flowers when one is surrounded by a garden full of color and frangrance is unique! Roses are legendary for their scent, bright colors & petals, but exotic species including Bird of Paradise, Plumeria and some some cultivars of Amaryllis including Peacock, Pink Floyd and Dancing Queen are also said to be very fragrant! Nevertheless Dreaming in a Bed of Flowers is about the flute/human and piano/ flowers, and what they convey about people, nature and the environment.
The flute is the dreamer of moods conjured up by different flowers. The piano plays the flowers and portrays scent, color, texture, innocence. Keyboard arpeggios represent opening petals.
Different keys and brief chord changes in this music depict the fleeting length of some species' lives, as well as heady frangrances that affect our mood.
After a while, the musical feeling and sensibility changes from delicate lightness to a stronger, more dramatic character and change of style. This points to our changing climate. How heady, beautiful and life-affirming might it be to dream in a gorgeous bed of flowers?
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- Digital Score (PDF)13