Love, longing, desire, betrayal, youth, family, old age, death…
Reading Shakespeare’s lines, one feels as if our deepest emotions are present within them. As if the Elizabethan poet knew the secrets of modern man, or as if the secret knowledge of the human heart had not succumbed to the pressures of time. Although the language he uses dates back centuries, the message of these songs remains vivid and relevant. They speak of our everyday emotions, expressing them in simple words captured in an artful form.
The music of contemporary composers underscores the timeliness of the British master’s poetry. Equally intimate and sublime, it allows us to approach the meaning of the words of William Shakespeare’s mysterious sonnets.