Timshel

This work was composed at the same time I was reading Steinbeck’s romance East of Eden. Timshel (Hebrew word that means "thou mayest…") occupies a basic place in this romance and relates to the capacity of choice given to human beings. In the process of composing we are confronted with many choices, and the final work is the result of the options we made. The same happens in life. Choices made in one specific moment influence the future of our existence. Timshel is a composition where I manifest joy and gratefulness for the choices I made correctly, and sadness for those where I failed.
 
Timshel received the fourth annual Alvarez Chamber Orchestr aInternational Composition Competition - 2012