Setting a poem by contemporary French poet Nadia Ben Slima (b. 1980) this thought-provoking and beautiful song for voice and piano uses tremolando effects in the piano part to imitate the sound of the leaves rustling in the breeze. What are they saying? Their message is that we must save the planet, don’t rely on the trees to do everything for the humans. Natural speech-rhythms in the voice part enable the performer to speak through the music.
Setting a poem by contemporary French poet Nadia Ben Slima (b. 1980) this thought-provoking and beautiful song for voice and piano uses tremolando effects in the piano part to imitate the sound of the leaves rustling in the breeze. What are they saying? Their message is that we must save the planet, don’t rely on the trees to do everything for the humans. Natural speech-rhythms in the voice part enable the performer to speak through the music.