Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-589-7
Composed by Pehr Henrik
Nordgren. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-589-7. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-589-7).
ISBN
9790550115897.
Dedi
cated to and premiered by
Petri Kumela, Pehr Henrik
Nordgren's (1944-2008)
Come da lontano for
guitar (2003) carries
ideas from Nordgren's
previous work, Amor -
desesperada op. 120 based
on the youthful 20 poemas
de amor y una cancion
desesperada (1924) by
Pablo Neruda. Scored for
soprano, baritone, koto,
shakuachi, and double
bass, it was completed a
few months before the
work for solo guitar.
Neruda came from Chile,
and his language was
Spanish. For the Japanese
koto, a relative of the
zither, Come da lontano
has passages imitating a
guitar. In the piece for
solo guitar these
passages have now
returned home - from
afar.