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Gilbert Galindo

Listen to the Land

Listen to the Land

String Quartet

Composer's Note:

“Listen to the Land” for string quartet came about from the fortunate opportunity to participate in the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music Composing Earth commissioning program. The program is for “Academy alumni who recognize that climate change - climate disruption - is a bona fide civilizational emergency” (www.glfcam.com). Indeed, this climate disruption is an emergency and has been for some time.

From my participation and from observations of our climate and world, with the titles of the piece and its movements, I decided to draw attention to the fact that the land communicates to us, or that we can read the land to learn how to live more harmoniously with it. It is my firm belief that we have abused the land, and it is also my firm belief that we can live on this planet in a way that it is beneficial and harmonious for us and Sister Mother Earth.

The music itself is an impression of the titles and not literal programmatic writing. It is inspired, then - as music often does - develops a life of its own because of the initial idea.

“Listen to the Land” for string quartet was commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music for the Dalí Quartet through the Composing Earth commissioning program.

Gilbert Galindo, September 2023

Movements: I. The Majesty of the Mountains, Waters, Skies II. The Wooded Network III. The Three Sisters IV. Hope for the Earth

Authored (or revised): 2023

Published: 2025

Duration (minutes): 17

First performance: The Dali Quartet, November 7, 2023 at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, OR

Book format: Score + 4 Parts

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