Soneto XVII 

No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio 
o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego: 
te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras, 
secretamente, entre la sombra y el alma. 

Te amo como la planta que no florece y lleva 
dentro de sí, escondida, la luz de aquellas flores, 
y gracias a tu amor vive oscuro en mi cuerpo 
el apretado aroma que ascendió de la tierra. 

Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde, 
te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo: 
así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera, 

sino así de este modo en que no soy ni eres, 
tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía, 
tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.

Sonnet XVII 

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Close

On this Moonless Night

I would meet him
But there’s no way, so on this moonless night
From my yearning the embers of my love
Send sparks leaping in my breast,
Setting my heart aflame.

On this Moonless Night

Apr 16, 2016 Kirsten Broberg, composer

Dream-Paths for female voice, electric guitar and piano/prepared piano

“Her music has been described as haunting, stunning, and picturesque—even ineffable. It casts a spell on us that leaves time behind, taking us into a different kind of present, a different kind of now (Alison Young, Minnesota Public Radio).” The music of composer Kirsten Broberg has been performed by internationally recognized ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Musicians, the Minnesota Orchestra, the International Contemporary Ensemble, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Jack Quartet, the New Millennium Orchestra, the Sonic Inertia Dance and Performance Group, Third Coast Percussion and the SUNY Stony Brook Chamber Players. A passionate entrepreneur for the arts, she is the founding composer of the internationally-renowned group, Ensemble Dal Niente, and served as the Executive Director for its formative years (2004-2010), during which time the ensemble won a Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Darmstadt Festival for New Music. Among her honors are receiving a Fromm Foundation Commissioning Grant from Harvard University (2009), being selected as one of seven composers chosen for the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute (2016), being awarded the Composer Choice winner of the Symphony Number One call for scores (2016) and receiving many grants and commissions from the American Composers Forum. She was featured on the American Music Center's New Music Box article, "Kirsten Broberg in the Abstract" and her music was broadcasted on their spotlight session (2009), her music was played and she was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio (2013 and 2016) and she was on the cover of the International Alliance for Women in Music's magazine (2016). She holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois where she was a student of Augusta Read Thomas, Jay Alan Yim and Jason Eckardt (2009). She also studied music composition privately with Kaija Saariaho, Tristan Murail and Philippe Hurel in France in 2013. Kirsten Broberg is currently an Assistant Professorship in Music Composition in the College of Music at University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Dream-Paths for female voice, electric guitar and piano/prepared piano

Kirsten Soriano, Composer

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