Скачать или смотреть como los que sueñan (as those who dream) by Josh Rodriguez, perf. by Teresa Richardson

Teresa Richardson's gorgeous performance (cello version)

Excerpt from Program Notes, "The title, como los que sueñan ["like those who dream"] and conceptual ideas are taken from the the ancient paradoxical Jewish poetry of Psalm 126. On the surface, this psalm seems to be about thankful, even joyful remembrance. However, these memories devolve into an existencial petition...This kind of quiet perseverance challenges [our] notions of control and instant gratification. It was my aim to musically explore such resilience; this work concludes with a quote from Brahms's German Requiem, a melodic fragment he used to set the promise in the fifth verse of this very psalm, "Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy."

Commissioned by Delvyn Case and Deus Ex Musica for Peter Slowik, Oberlin College, 2022.