All three works on this album prominently feature string instruments: a string sextet, a string quartet, and a mezzo-soprano with string quartet.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Halffter's interest in the musical past often focuses on the founding moments of Western music, such as the Renaissance and the polyphony of the Spanish Golden Age.
Composer Biography
Cristóbal Halffter, a Spanish composer, was awarded the first BBVA Foundation's Frontiers of Knowledge Prize for contemporary music in 2010.
Composition History
The three works on this album were featured in a 'Carte Blanche' event given to Cristóbal Halffter by the Spanish National Orchestra and Chorus (OCNE) in 2009.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Halffter's artistic vision is characterized by a "constant movement toward immateriality," transforming the phonetic into the spiritual, as described by Georges Steiner in "After Babel."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Cristóbal Halffter's music often engages with the musical past, but not in a way that seeks 'organic' links; instead, it creates a relationship of energetic forces, similar to how figurative elements appear in abstract art.
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