La nostalgia
for SATB chorus (unaccompanied)
The text for La nostalgia is a response to René Magritte’s 1940 Le mal du pays [Homesickness]. I originally set this poem for mezzo-soprano, viola, bass, and piano as part of La traición de las imágenes [The Treachery of Images], a song cycle inspired by eight of Magritte’s works. This choral arrangement was performed by GHOSTLIGHT Chorus on From Liberty and Fragrant Harbors.
Text in Spanish by Rebekah Driscoll:
| La neblina del río nos envuelve. El cemento del puente nos enfría.No nos miramos.Él quiere correr; yo volar. |
The fog from the river envelops us. The cement of the bridge makes us cold.We do not face each other.He wants to run; I to fly. |
For information about Spanish pronunciation, read the Spanish Diction Guide.