Duerme, studio version

Duerme (2009) by Kendra Kestner, for soprano and 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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Music

Tags:

• song
• soprano
• piano
• duerme
• lullaby
• new music
• vocal
• contemporary
• singer