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I meditated on this event as if it was an interaction between the shepherds (human witnesses) and the presence of the divine in the human newborn Jesus. The shepherds were adoring both the human essence and the divine essence of Jesus. If they were not aware of the divine condition of the child, they would not adore him. The humility of the shepherds is the principal mean through which they can recognize the divinity of the newborn, only through humility we let God get into us and be aware of his presence in us and in the others… under this thought I approached this musical meditation trying to add a humble character to the melody and voices of the shepherds (low voices). Thanks to the humble character of their melody the divine presence (high voice) is able to appear through it.

To sum it up: The low voices represent the shepherds and their solemn and humble adoration. The high voice represents and evokes the newborn Jesus interacting with them and to the world solely through his human-divine presence (high voice).

In this musical meditation the shepherds and the divine condition of Jesus interact through polyphony. The communion and complementarity of all voices, that is, the polyphonic condition of this piece, evokes the communion of the divinity of Jesus with human beings (and for extension with the Creation and all creatures). In this sense, polyphony is a tool that evokes the communion of God with us.

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from Meditationes Vitae Christi I -Generation and Childhood Of Christ-, released March 5, 2017

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Alvaro Barcala Madrid, Spain

Artist and composer. Barcala bases his compositions mostly on the piano, going through a range of sounds from post- classical, ambient and experimental.

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