Cinc cançons per a la Sandra (Five songs for Sandra)

Cinc Cançons per a la Sandra (Five songs for Sandra) is a Lieder cycle in Catalan and Spanish dedicated to my former wife Sandra. In these songs I have tried to reflect some of the experiences and joys that she has given me.

The first song, Coneixença (Meeting), deals with the summer months when we exchanged messages through the computer. In the second, Confidències (Confidences), on a playful accompaniment there is a brief summary of the difficulties and defects of the two of us. The third, Pau, is a tribute to my first child, as well as the fifth, entitled Mar i Julia, is a tribute to my two twins. In the fourth, Entre las sábanas (Between the sheets), I make summary of what weekends usually were at home.

Composed between December 2016 and January 2017, they are one of the best ways to tell my former wife and children that they are, and will always be, the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me.

Sergi Carballo