I wrote Noche in 2012 as a commission from Manena Contreras, for a work for soprano and piano. Six years later, Ricardo Lorenz asked to set the same poem for a different ensemble. I revised it for him, and its last line, volar en tu canto, became the title of the new work.
Noche
for soprano and piano · music by Manena Contreras · 2012
Angelique Zuluaga, soprano · José Alejandro Roca, piano
Las Américas en Concierto
Mannes College The New School for Music, New York
February 11, 2012
Angelique Zuluaga, soprano · José Alejandro Roca, piano
Las Américas en Concierto
Mannes College The New School for Music, New York
February 11, 2012
Volar en tu canto
for soprano, French horn, and piano · music by Ricardo Lorenz · 2018
commissioned by the Wagner Trio · premiered February 13, 2018
Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano · Corbin Wagner, French horn
Deborah Moriarty, piano
commissioned by the Wagner Trio · premiered February 13, 2018
Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano · Corbin Wagner, French horn
Deborah Moriarty, piano