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Op. 31 On the Back of a Nightingale

CONCERT FOR FLUTE AND STRING ORCHESTRA

Year Of Composition: 2012

Approx. Duration: 14:40

Instrumentation: Flute and String Orchestra

COMPOSER'S NOTES

How do you tell a child that someone has died? Legend has it that when one of our loved ones dies, their soul travels to eternity on the back of a nightingale, which perches on a cloud so that the deceased can admire the beauty of nature for the last time and shed a tear that can quench the thirst of sadness of those of us who still remain on earth. That is why the work begins with the beating of a heart and ends with its last beat.

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