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Bliss of Heaven : Music of the New World / Daniel Rojas.
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Work Overview
Navegar (pronounced nah-veh-gahr) began as a set of sketches written in Buenos Aires, the spiritual heart of tango. The city's blend of quiet introspection and simmering intensity gave rise to a milonga campera, a slow, reflective branch of tango shaped by the characteristic 3+3+2 rhythmic flow central to the nuevo tango tradition of Astor Piazzolla. This pulse forms the expressive foundation of the work.
The title means to sail or venture forward, and the root of the word is nave (nah-veh), which simply means a vessel or boat. Navegar explores the idea of journeying, drawing parallels between navigating open waters and the emotional currents that accompany life's unexpected turns. Its melodic contours rise and fold like distant horizons, creating a sense of travelling through shifting landscapes.
Originally released on the Da Vinci Classics album Bliss of Heaven: Music of the New World in a version for piano and string quartet, the work has since taken on multiple forms. In its orchestral version, Navegar expands its sense of space and colour, allowing the listener to inhabit a broader and more immersive sound world.
Work Details
Year: 2018, this version: 2025
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, piano, strings.
Duration: 6 min.
Commission note: This orchestral version commissioned by the NSW Doctors Orchestra
The composer notes the followng styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Tango, Milonga, Astor Piazzolla, Elena Kats-Chernin, Ginastera, South American Music, Latin American music
Performances of this work
29 Apr 2021: at Daniel Rojas: Bliss of Heaven (Camelot (Marrickville)). Featuring Daniel Rojas.
28 Jan 2018: at Daniel Rojas and Orquesta La Luna Tango (Camelot (Marrickville)). Featuring Orquestra La Luna.
10 Nov 2017: at Twilight Musical Dialogues - Spain and South America (Adamstown Uniting Church).
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