Cadencia

The subtle beauty and the exquisite balance of voice and guitar unifies our musical selections from a wide range of time periods and origins. We are excited to share with you medieval Jewish Sephardic songs, Baroque English songs, 19th century music of Fernando Sor, and 20th century songs by famed composer Joaquín Rodrigo, as well as new compositions of Ernesto Cordero from Puerto Rico. "Cadencia", the title we chose for our CD, is the name of the third song in Ernesto Cordero's cycle "Four Works for Voice and Guitar" and means 'Cadence'. Cadence has two musical meanings - the first, 'rhythm', is the basic element of any music, and just like the beating of our hearts is the essence of our being; the second is 'a musical ending' and what can be more complete than expressing our feelings with music and finishing with the most beautiful and heartfelt Cadencia?