On January 23rd in Austin, Texas, Conspirare will give the world premiere of Piedra de Sol an evening length choral work especially commissioned from Talbot, setting text by Octavio Paz in the original Spanish. This new work follows the huge success of his 2005 major choral piece Path of Miracles, commissioned and recorded by Nigel Short's Tenebrae and subsequently by Conspirare.
“Piedra de Sol invites listeners and performers alike on a journey of infinite dimensions – a voyage whose course bends, advances, recedes, comes full circle and arrives forever.”
– Joby Talbot
Talbot has set around two thirds of the epic Spanish poem by Mexican poet and Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz. Talbot came across the poem by Paz when looking for text for the final scene to his ballet Like Water for Chocolate based on the book of the same name by Laura Esquivel, which by happy coincidence wads revived by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden in October last year conducted by Jonathan Lo.
Piedra de Sol: More info & tickets
Find out more about the music of Joby Talbot in our series of features:
The Ballet Music of Joby Talbot
The Orchestral Music of Joby Talbot
The Choral Music of Joby Talbot
