Cuatro Canciones De Las Últimas Horas (2024) (Four songs Of The Last Hours)

song cycle for bass, piano and *optional electric guitar

Text: Four sonnets by Pablo Neruda

Click HERE to view text and translations.

Duration: 19′

1. Mañana

2. Mediodía

3. Tarde

4. Noche

Version for Bass and Piano available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

Version for Bass, Piano, and Electric Guitar available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, and JW Pepper.

The four Spanish sonnets by Pablo Neruda are from the book, Cien Sonetos de Pablo Neruda. Each sonnet chosen is listed in the book under the categories Mañana, Mediodîa, Tarde, and Noche.

*An electric guitar part is also available. Recordings of these songs featuring Norman Espinoza, Jennifer Bellor (piano) and Tasos Peltekis (electric guitar) are featured on Bellor’s album Long These Days and released by EMITHA’s Lexicon Classics August 16, 2024. Click HERE for more information about the album.

For both versions, the bass and and piano parts are the same.

Music Video Playlist of the songs featuring Norman Espinoza (bass), Jennifer Bellor (piano), and Tasos Peltekis (electric guitar):