The Forest Has Secrets Too (I & II) (2023)

This piece was born from a desire to bring the sounds of the forest onto the stage. With it comes the rain, the wind, the thunderstorm, the animals, the insects. And it is the orchestra that does all this. The musical instruments make these sounds, defying what is expected. Between the brass blows, the punctuated texture created by the sound of keys on the wood winds, the tinkling of fingers on brass bellows, the col legno on the strings and the various percussion instruments, the musicians of the orchestra are encouraged to rediscover the instruments they play, and that are capable of doing more than they imagine. They are, in fact, capable of being sounds of Nature.

Music wants to involve us, let us in, let us perceive in detail the beauty of the small things that make our Nature. So that we don't forget it, the one that is common to all of us, wherever we are.