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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."

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."..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

RECORDINGS

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

Video

DATE OF COMPOSITION

2008

Dedicated to Graham Bean.

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Magus: Six song settings of Taliesin

Magus: Six song settings of Taliesin

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