Josep Maria Guix
Llàgrimes de tardor
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation details:
piano
violin
Llàgrimes de tardor
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Work introduction
Years ago I casually discovered a wine with a poetic name. It was called Llàgrimes de tardor (Autumn Tears). I found it quite inspirational and the idea of writing a composition with the same name started floating around my mind.
Destiny took me, years later, to get interested in haikus and I discovered the expression ‘Autumn Wind’, a frequent motive which impregnates the poems with melancholy.
Furthermore, in our recent history, we have witnessed exceptional events at the end of September and beginning of October which consequences are yet to come.
The spirit of nostalgia increased even more when my dear colleague, Fèlix, got very sick and eventually, the desease took him away from us. Despite this tragic end our thoughts and prayers on him are still very much alive: a humble, kind-hearted and determined man.
This short elegy recreates in the first measures this autumnal atmosphere opening the doors to hope and honouring him.
The work was premiered by Abel Tomàs and Josep Maria Colom in the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelone), on March 20th 2019.