Duo Harmonia Premieres Heart-Tales

Program

The Fish Tale, composed by Mary Prescott (b. 1980, Minnesota, USA)  
Commissioned by Duo Harmonia 
Music for Piano Four-hands and Narrator based on a Thai folktale adapted by Puangpen Prescott 
“Yellow goldfish lives. She walks on the hard water. Many many moons.” The Fish Tale 

The Bronze Boy, composed by Mário Franco (b. 1965, Portugal) 
Commissioned by Duo Harmonia 
Music for Piano Four-Hands and Narrator based on the tale “The Bronze Boy” by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen 
“All flowers are flowers. The flowers of the Heather and the Tuberose, say, are very different, but that’s what makes the world so pretty. I am the king of the garden, and I want all the flowers to be invited.” The Bronze Boy 

A Cloud in Love, composed by Turgay Erdener (b. 1957, Turkey) 
Commissioned by Duo Harmonia 
Music for Piano Four-Hands and Narrator based on the tale “A Cloud in Love” by Nazim Hikmet 
“Good people, good animals, good clouds never disappear. The one who loves never dies.” A Cloud in Love