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AMERICAN CLASSICS JOSÉ LUIS GRECO Geografías del silencio In Passing • Swallow • Off with its Head! Duncan Gifford, Piano • Netherlands Wind Ensemble • Enigma Ensemble Czech National Symphony Orchestra • Adrian Leaper José Luis Greco (b. 1953) Geografías del silencio • In Passing • Swallow • Off with its Head! Having heard the remark several times that the titles The genesis of the next work is somewhat different. Photo: Sandra Gallardo Born in New York City, José of Spain’s most distinguished performers and ensembles. of some of my works don’t reflect more than the opening In Passing is the English translation of the Dutch title of a Luis Greco is the son of He has also composed for the Ballet Nacional de passage of any given piece (notwithstanding those that movement-theater piece by Barbara Duijfjes, for which the Spanish dancers José España and the Compañía Nacional de Danza. don’t seem to reflect any aspect of the work), this indeed this music was composed. Together, Ms. Duijfjes and I Greco and Nila Amparo, makes sense to me. If a title epitomizes the idea which negotiated the overall form, and the length and emotional and nephew of the great Composer’s note bestows the work with its first breath, the opening bars thrust of each movement, but the choice of instrumentation Metropolitan Opera star are likely to musically mirror that idea. But since from that was exclusively mine. Norina Greco. As a young- The difficulty of saying something meaningful about music moment the music takes on a life of its own, where it will Towards the end of my ten-year sojourn (1984-1994) ster, he studied piano and is fairly obvious, since music expresses things that words go after that is anybody’s guess.
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