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American Folk Song dating to early 19th century. 

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri.

Oh Shenandoah

Ancient Egypt, land of great mystery, culture and achievements..
Land of Ra...
Ra is the Egyptian word for 'sun'. As a solar deity, Ra embodied the power of the sun but was also thought to be the sun itself, envisioned as the great god riding in his barge across the heavens throughout the day and descending into the underworld at sunset.
My ode to that great civilization and the Sun  responsible for all life on this planet..
For those who want to know,the Duduk I used is a free instrument from Evolution Series,they are a fantastic company well worth a visit 
 https://www.evolutionseries.com/portfolio/world-colors-clar-duduk/
A special thank you to Pamela Illanes, (https://soundcloud.com/user-315009621), a wonderful composer that even had her own work played by a real orchestra, early on during my writing I struggled with writers block for almost 2 weeks, one night we engaged in a conversation and Pam was very helpful, she gave me the patience and strength I needed at the time, writers block really gets to me. Its wonderful when artists help each other and I am very lucky to have her as a friend.
Another fabulous photo from my dear friend Ray ,please visit his site ,he's a professional photographer and it will brighten your day  www.raybilcliff.uk/

It is a huge honor to work again with Enso NSO. Her voice and talent are beyond words to describe, and she is a joy to collaborate. Once again she put a Pablo Neruda piece on a beautiful level.
"XXII La Isla", a poem of Easter Island, by Pablo Neruda. The poem is from Pablo Neruda's "The Separate Rose", translated by William O'Daly. The Foundation of Pablo Neruda has granted permission.2009
Voice: Enso NSO https://soundcloud.com/enso-nso
Piano: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Composer: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.
This composition is on Pandora's radio!

Poema XXII "La Isla" (Poem by Pablo Neruda)

Tenderly, Paris. 
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlKNMYW5Kjg

Tenderly( Jazz Cover)

All i've tried to do here was writing a simple 70s/80s pop song , in its typical structure. 

You didn't come

I promised you the front page 
finally you didn't come 
walking on the dune 
barefoot on the warm sand
no, you didn't come

i longed for you 
sometimes I felt you so far away 
but day after day 
moon after moon, I knew
you wouldn't come 

but if only I'd known 
to make you understand 
that I was ready to wait for you 
until the end of time 
but you didn't come

but day after day 
moon by moon, I knew
that you wouldn't come 

but if only I'd known 
to make you understand 
that I was ready to wait for you 
until the end of time 
but you didn't come

Tu N'es Pas Venue (Translated)

Easier Said than Done

Composer: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Performer: Pablo Cig

Sonata No. 2 by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka (collab Pablo Cig)

another Blue......................cheers for having a listen


well i dont want to hear about it
i dont want to have to bite my tounge
not much we can do, so maybe tonight
we wont, have to blue
no i dont wanna blue

i dont want to know about it
keep your secrets to yourself
i got them too, and maybe tonight
we wont, have to blue

dont say nothing, when theres nothing to say
its only words, and they get in the way

oh i dont want to think about it
im trying to keep it of my mind
lets just enjoy the view, and maybe tonight
we wont have to blue
no i dont want to blue

and i dont want to talk about it
its all been said before
such a waste of time, and maybe tonight
we wont have to blue

Blue

Sicilitune for Piano
Composer & Piano Valentina Grisafi

Sicilitudine Bronze Medal Global Music Awards 2021- Los Angeles (USA)/ Ibla Grand Prize 2023

By the By

I am excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from a Pablo Neruda poem about Easter Island, "XXII La Isla". This poem is from Pablo Neruda's "The Separate Rose", translated by William O'Daly. The Foundation of Pablo Neruda has granted permission.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Joajhp7RsAw?si=dxWFiwL7YHQmqBSb


XXII La Isla

Amor, amor, Oh separada mía
Por tantas veces mar como nieve y distancia,
Mínima y misteriosa
rodeada de eternidad, agradezco
no solo tu mirada de doncella,
tu  blancura escondida, rosa secreta, sino
el resplandor moral de tus estatuas
La paz abandonada que impusiste en mis manos 
El día detenido en tu garganta

XXII The Island

My Love, my love, O separate one,
for so long sea like snow and distance,
small and mysterious, surrounded by the infinitive,
I am thankful not only for your lovely innocence,
your hidden whiteness, secret rose, but also
for the moral radiance of your statues,
For the forsaken peace you imposed upon my hands:
The day caught inside your throat.

Ignorance is Bliss

I am so excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from the Pablo Neruda poem "Para Mi Corazón" in the book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". Translated by W.S. Merwin. Permission has been granted by Fundación Pablo Neruda.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube: https://youtu.be/l4YpDsQEuYw?si=kULRUp_GJraLR_Iu


Para Mi Corazón

Para mi corazón basta tu pecho,
para tu libertad bastan mis alas.                                                                                 
Desde mi boca llegará hasta el cielo                                                                                   
lo que estaba dormido sobre tu alma.

He dicho que cantabas en el viento                                                                             
como los pinos y cómo los mástiles.                                                                           
Como ellos eres alta y taciturna.
Y entristeces de pronto, como un viaje.

Acogedora como un viejo camino.                                                                                   
Te pueblan ecos y voces nostálgicas.                                                                              
Yo desperté y a veces emigran y huyen                                                                   
pájaros que dormían en tu alma.

Your breast is enough for my heart,
and my wings for your freedom. 
What was sleeping above your soul will rise
out of my mouth to heaven.

I have said that you sang in the wind
like the pines and like the masts.
Like them, you are tall and taciturn,
And you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.

You gather things to you like an old road.
You are people with echoes and nostalgic voices.                                                          
I awoke, and at times, birds fled and migrated
that had been sleeping in your soul.

Para Mi Corazón (Poem by Pablo Neruda)

By and for Antonio

Lyrics: Antonio Skármeta
Tenor: Ricardo Tamura
Piano: Lucy Arner
Music: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Entre Jupiter Y Marte

Singing video: https://youtu.be/zHdOQzMVeKY

Canción a la Luna

Sinagot au fil de l'eau

When I See (C) You Again

"À la claire fontaine" ("By the clear fountain »),  a traditional french song.  🎈 


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🎸
Thanks to Gilles Charlois, who plays the guitar on this song.

Gilles passed away a few months ago. But his love for music and playing guitar, and all the music he has played are still living with us. 

I dedicated this song to his family and friends.

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Imagine that on a sunny Sunday you are walking in a splendid nature. Then, you see, in a hidden place, "a clear fountain"  …an infinite shades of blue in the crystal clear water, mottled by light's refraction. Wouldn't you crave for a bath here ? 
I know I would ! 

Just the title of this song is a call to beauty and reverie. 

When I learned this song as a child, I never realized how nostalgic it was. Probably because, at this time, I only knew the first stance and the chorus. Indeed, the character evolves in a delightful setting - that I try to recreate sonically - but all the exterior pleasantness contrasts with the interior emotional landscape, made of mourning and nostalgia. I chose to sing only the 3 first stances because I didn't want to reduce this universal experience of nostalgia to a particular case or event. And at this point of the song, it remains rather vague. I wanted to keep the meaning of the song that way.

This song reminds me that life is an inner experience. When sadness fills the mind, as it is for the character in that song, even the most cheerful song of a bird can be a highlight to pain.  « Your heart is made for laughing….Mine, it can only cry »

Also, for having experienced loss like everyone else. There is no nostalgia in losing something painful and harmful. On the contrary, we feel a relief.  And most of the time, there is no will to turn back to that kind of memories. If a remembrance comes, it is by haunting. 
When we experience, most of the time, with perfectly imperfect being, benevolence, honesty, good will, a bit of empathy or any other things that we feel valuable in life : This kind of loss is bitter-sweet. 
Bitter, for a short time, because the weaning is not fun. And sweet, for a long time, because of the gratitude and the valuable memories. 

Surely, on a big scale, all this experiences, all of them are equally useful and informative.
But with all my heart, I hope you will learn what you need to learn from life, through enthusiasm, bravery, boldness and inspiration and not pain, threats, violence, constraints and damage. 
And if pain really is unavoidable, may it be the bitter-sweet one.

This is my wish.

xoxo Enso - 4 octobre 2020


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Paroles 

À la claire fontaine 
À la claire fontaine
M'en allant promener,
J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle
Que je m'y suis baignée.
 
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai.
 
Sous les feuilles d'un chêne
Je me suis fait sécher,
Sur la plus haute branche,
Un rossignol chantait.
 
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai.
 
Chante, rossignol, chante,
Toi qui as le cœur gai.
Tu as le cœur à rire,
Moi, je l'ai à pleurer
 
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Jamais je ne t'oublierai.

À La Claire Fontaine

Immortality

A Disarming Smile and A Kiss In The Field

As a composer, I am fortunate to have collaborated with incredibly talented artists from SoundCloud. This includes my latest album with the truly extraordinary soprano Maribel Villarroel and the masterful arranger and pianist René Calderón for 'Canciones para Pablo Neruda.' These songs are based on the poems of the great Pablo Neruda, and permission has been granted by the Pablo Neruda Foundation. Please listen, Maribel is a tour de force and her and René's interpretation of Neruda and these songs is so heartfelt. I am so deeply moved and appreciative of their artistry.

Other albums are 'Entre Jupiter y Marte,' and 'Reflections.' The remarkable tenor Ricardo Tamura, accompanied by the accomplished pianist Lucy Arner, performed 'Entre Jupiter y Marte'. Ricardo and Lucy are both amazing. These songs were co-written with the acclaimed author Antonio Skarmeta, which is my most special and dear honor. 'Reflections' is a collection of my earlier works that were wonderfully interpreted by the gifted pianist Javier Gonzales.

Additionally, these albums are accompanied by musical scorebooks filled with beautiful art, created by great Chilean, American, and Japanese artists. These books, with the same titles as the albums, are available on Amazon.com.  'Canciones para Pablo Neruda" has been registered with the Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile.

Another special collaboration among many is with Paul-Maurice Roche, the incredible pianist and composer.  Thank you for taking a song to new levels of nuance and emotion.

I compose all the time, so there are many other songs here. Thank you for your support!

Pamela


Here is the Link: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27HRORXIDL3J8&keywords=canciones+para+pablo+neruda&qid=1696872208&sprefix=%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1

Two of my albums appear on Pandora Radio: "Entre Jupiter y Marte" and "Reflections". "Entre Jupiter y Marte" was performed by the incredible tenor Ricardo Tamura, and the accomplished pianist Lucy Arner. "Reflections" features the talented pianist Javier Gonzales.
Here are links:
https://www.pandora.com/profile/pamelatatsuoka
https://pandora.app.link/1WjFRUy9Zeb
I hope that you enjoy the music and thank you so much!!
Currently a member of  ASCAP
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Web-site:http://pamelatatsuoka.wixsite.com/composer

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Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka Composer