The Rushing Camel
For classical guitar solo (2012)
Length: 8 minutes
Written for Nadav Lev and released on his 2015 album New Strings Attached
This performance:
Nadav Lev, guitar
About the piece
The Rushing Camel begins its journey from afar. I like to think of the beginning of the piece as the distant sound of a beast galloping in the desert; impossibly long legs thumping along in a vast, open void of endless sand. Both the view and the sound are not quite clear but sometimes you can see its obscured frame peeking from between the mountains, until at some point it is within view. And standing in front of you, you begin to realize it is communicating with you. It speaks of dreams and desires lost and gone, recollections of moments that still make the heart ache . . . all while staring at you with those goofy camel eyes and baring that impossibly long tongue. In 2013 the piece won 3rd prize in the International Lycia Guitar Days Composition Competition (Turkey).
