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