Regálame esta noche

Coro SMA + piano

Regálame esta noche, by Roberto Cantoral. An arrangement of my favorite bolero for three-part choir and piano is the ArteSonía giveaway in the first issue of LaVidaenMúsica.

Something that I enjoy is arranging works that I like, to understand their guts, the process, the crossword puzzle, and to take them down parallel paths in which I learn a lot. I especially love doing choral arrangements, and in this issue I give you one for three-part choir and piano that I did for the Fulbright Choir. Download the sheet music from these links:

General Score | Choir Sheet Music

The Fulbright Choir was a project I founded in 2014 with the support of the Fulbright Association and the Fulbright Commission to receive scholarship recipients who came from the United States to spend an academic year in Madrid. It lasted six years, gave me many joys and brought into my life treasures of people who have already stayed in my life. Unfortunately, it died out due to Covid-19, like so many other vocal groups.

Regálame esta noche, written by Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral (1935-2010), has heartbreakingly romantic lyrics:

No quiero que te vayas,
la noche está muy fría,
abrígame en tus brazos
hasta que vuelva el día…

Tu almohada esta impaciente
de acariciar tu cara,
tal vez te dé un consejo,
tal vez no diga nada.

Mañana muy temprano
platicarás conmigo
y si estás decidida
a abandonar el nido…

Entonces será en vano
tratar de retenerte,
regálame esta noche,
retrásame la muerte.

The video is from January 2020, the last concert of the choir, directed by the Venezuelan Alicia Rivero and with me at the piano. It took place in what was our home since the formation of the group: the paraninfo of the Instituto Internacional Americano en Madrid.