Germán Toro Pérez
Rulfo/voces II
Duration: 9'
Solos:
violin
Rulfo/voces II
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Germán Toro Pérez
Rulfo/voces II
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Orchestration: für Violine
Type: Noten
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«Rulfo/voces II» for violin solo is part of a cycle of five pieces for string trio and Electronics entitled «Rulfo/voces/ecos» related to the work of Juan Rulfo (1917-1986). His complete fictional work consisting of a novel and 17 short stories depicts rural Mexico at the time of the Mexican Revolution as a world marked by hopelessness and solitude. His poetic language, rough, unadorned and of deep musicality is language of myth and remembrance.
The cycle «Rulfo/voces/ecos» was first intended as an exploration of melodic gestures in view of the music theater piece «Journey to Comala» (2017). The first version of the piece for violin solo – the only one without electronics – obtained the first price at the composition competition of the Karajan Center Vienna 2005 and is dedicated to my composition teacher Erich Urbanner.