Monica Porta, "Azul"

responding to:

Azul: I. Paz Sulfúrica · The Knights · Yo-Yo Ma

Golijov: Azul

2017, The Knights

under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

Percussion: Cyro Baptista
Conductor: Eric Jacobsen
Percussion: Jamey Haddad
Accordion: Michael Ward-Bergeman
Orchestra: The Knights
Cello: Yo-Yo Ma

Composer: Osvaldo Golijov

Vibrant ascents

Impetuous breaths

Cross our universe

With the might and tenderness

of an endless exhale.

Monica Porta, translation by Amie Robin Weiss

Vibranti ascese

Respiri impetuosi

Attraversano il nostro universo

Con la forza e la dolcezza

di un soffio senza fine.