Kendra Kestner: Duerme (in memoriam David G.) (2009)

Michigan State University College of Music

Premieres of New Music
3 November 2009

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Kendra Kestner (b. 1984)4:00
Duerme (in memoriam David G.) (2009)

Katie Ross, mezzo-soprano
Elisabeth Ellis, piano

Duerme is a lullaby based on the single word, sleep. A mother soothes her child; the music becomes distorted, agitated, and mysterious as sleep nears. The child sings dormiré (I will sleep), the mother continues the lullaby, and the child begins to drift away (me duermo, roughly translated, I put myself to sleep). The music darkens in the piano and begins a laborious ascent, building resonance until the penultimate chord. The child sings once more, then suddenly slips away.

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