Floralia

Commissioned by Peruvian percussionist Alonso Acosta. Inspired on three characters from Ovid's Metamorphoses: Narcissus, Hyacinthus and Adonis, who transform, respectively, into the flowers known as the narcissus (daffodil), the hyacinth, and the anemone (not the sea anemone, but a flower of the same name). Musically, the pieces are monothematic, concluding with an unrelated coda, symbolizing the metamorphosis of these characters.