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Alcanza Suite No 1: Vida Absurda y Bella (score and parts)Format: 83 page PDF digital downloadvoice, guitar, piano, bass, string quartet & drums
English: This movement is meant to depict the ever surprising nature of simply living our lives. Life is not a perfectly executed plan. We might think our day is going to unravel in particular manner but along the way, we encounter completely unexpected incidents, tragedies, surprises,…we find ourselves having to take pauses for unexpected beauty where we wouldn’t have predicted. Life is absurd and beautiful. -Fabian Almazan

Español: Este movimiento representa lo sorprendente e impredecible que puede ser nuestra existencia. La vida no es un plan perfectamente ejecutado. Podríamos pensar que nuestro día se va a desarrollar de una manera particular, pero al final de este nos suceden cosas completamente inesperadas: tragedias, sorpresas, puro aburrimiento… y de repente nos encontramos tomando una pausa para reconocer cosas bellas e inesperadas. La vida es absurda y hermosa. -Fabian Almazan