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Magus: Six settings of poems by Taliesin (For Voice and Piano)
  • Magus: Six settings of poems by Taliesin (For Voice and Piano)

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    Magus: Six settings of poems by Taliesin

     

    Six song settings of Taliesin, as translated by W. F. Skene (1869) and John Gwenogvryn Evans (1915). For a detailed discussion, see Dr. Michael Morey's "Taliesin as a Repository of Knowledge in Paul Sanchez’ Magus."

    ."..the six songs of [Magus] are full of mystery..."

    – Fanfare Magazine

    "The gradual journey from resignation and regret to hope is experienced as an opening out of the human spirit... Haunting in the extreme, the 23-minute song cycle Magus will be with you for a long time afterwards."

    – Fanfare Magazine 

     

    INSTRUMENTATION

    Voice and Piano

    DURATION

    22 minutes

    SONGS

    I. The Battle of the Trees

    II. Song to the Wind

    III. The Fold of the Bards

    IV. The Prediction of Kadwaladr

    V. Juvenile Ornaments of Taliesin

    VI. The Hostile Confederacy

    RECORDING

    Magus Insipiens: 3 Song Cycles on Poems by Taliesin, Payne, and Sappho

    DATE OF COMPOSITION

    2008

    Dedicated to Graham Bean.

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