Breath... Wind... Butterflies wings

for piano quartet
(2024)

Title of the work: Breath... Wind... Butterflies wings
Composer: Javier Torres Maldonado.
Instrumentation: violin, viola, cello and piano.
Duration: 5' ca.
Publisher: SZSugar (formerly Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano. For more information please send an e-mail to my publisher).
Year of composition: 2024.
Commission: Synchronos Ensemble.
World premiere: 30.10.2024, Olomuc, Czech Republic. Synchronos Ensemble: Vlatka Peljhan (violin), Lucija Brnadić (viola), Smiljan Mrčela (cello), Mia Elezović (piano). Palacký University Art Center in Olomouc, MusicOlomouc Festival.
Score (only with authorization).
Dedicatee: to the Synchronos Ensemble.

BREATH... WIND... BUTTERFLIES WINGS
for piano quartet

PROGRAM NOTE

Breath... wind... butterflies wings is an evocative piece that invites the listener to immerse themselves in a world of delicacy and introspection. Dedicated to the Synchronos Ensemble, this work explores the subtle connection between human breath, the movement of air, and the lightness of butterfly wings. Each element in the title suggests a reflection on the power and fragility of nature, an idea that is mirrored in the musical fabric.

The composition, very concise, draws inspiration from the following lines by Matsuo Basho:

"The butterfly
perfuming its wings
fans the orchid"

The compositional idea is evocative: it aims to recreate a sonic image born from the blend of breath, human respiration, whispered vocal sounds, and the imaginative imitation of the noise that butterfly wings might produce if amplified, almost like in a dream. In this dreamlike vision, the sounds produced by the performers—whispers, inhalations, exhalations, murmurs—merge with the evocative sounds generated by the musical instruments.