Alba Potes & Las Americas en Concierto

For Vox n Plux, Alba Potes translated three poems by Charles & Augusta Ives and set them for Colombian Tiple (a 12-string, 4-course guitar), guitar and soprano. She calls the cycle, Horizontes.

Horizontes, Alba Potes

Compare this with

Daniel Catán’s La Hija de Rappaccini–an opera based on Octavio Paz’ play that references the short story, with the same title, by Nathaniel Hawthorne!

Some links to music by Alba Potes and Las Américas en Concierto

Rio, Natalia van Hissenhoven

Canción del Soñador, Gentil Montaña

Tergiversaciones, Felipe Nieto

Babariol, Babariol, Babarian, Frank Brickle

Oleajes (Waves), Alba Potes

Reflexiones, Alba Potes

Pedro Páramo, Cantata, Scenes 1 & 2 , Alba Potes

Changing Trains in Times Square in 30 Seconds, Alba Potes

Desde El Aire: Seis Instantes, Alba Potes