Poème du temps qui ne passe pas ( "..
del otro lado del muro.") (1993)
Based on poems by Jorge Luis Borges, Alejandra
Pizarnik and Louis Aragon.
Music: Javier Alejandro Garavaglia
Duration: ca. 25 min
Genre: Chamber Opera
....1x Soprano (Woman)
....1x Bass-baritone (Man)
....1x Flute (also alto-flute)
....1x Cello
....1x Percussion
....1x Piano
The Man is alone with his dreams. In this infinite
dimension, he feels the existence of “something”, what he can
neither describe nor explain, but he is longing for it. Although he is not aware
of it, the Infiniteness appears in front of him and seduces him. He is not able
to see Her, but he cannot stop the desire of possessing Her.
As he awakes, the dream is gone, but he finds impossible to forget Her: he will neither posses her nor will he be able to forget Her. She is only to be found "beyond the wall".
Although the piece was composed using poems by three
different poets, the piece is about the "Leitmotiv" of Borges
about Infiniteness and Finiteness of universe and man and the unlimited fields
that are beyond our reality (the wall mentioned on the title) during the dream,
creating a sense of time that does notpass by. The piece is meant to be a
hommage to Borges and his work.
Javier A. Garavaglia