Paul Sánchez performing NEFERTARI, for soprano doubling on sistrum and prepared piano with plectrum. I’d like to share a few words about...

Written words may live forever, as vital now as at the moment of their creation...

...is music not exactly such a liminal space, and does it not have the power to bridge worlds?

I’m honored to share this new music by Graham Lynch with the world for the first time, and to be a part of its story.

...Taliesin can offer the musical poet of today a repository of knowledge with which to explore his inner-self...

Sappho, then, emerges as a figure of hope for us here, today.

The overall narrative trajectory in Horizon is one that emphasizes our human journey back to those very same stars.

Every now and then a piece of music is created that opens a door into a new aesthetic area.

My intention was to capture the multivalent and subtle yet emotionally profound nature of Dr. Taylor’s translations of Li Ch'ing Chao.

I was aiming throughout at communicating in English, with music, some of what I have found almost breathtakingly beautiful.

This paper draws upon Jacques Derrida’s concept of “hauntology” and Sigmund Freud’s concept of the “uncanny” to interpret Sánchez’s cycle.