I wrote this little piece at the request of Christiaan de Jong, based on the poem with the same name by Federico García Lorca. There are two versions of this work: The first is written in 1998 for voice, flute, cello and guitar; the second extends the instrumentation of the template of the first version with a bass clarinet, a double bass and percussion.
The composition is dedicated to the memory of Jep Nuix.