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."
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."..the six songs of [Magus] are full of mystery..."
– Fanfare Magazine
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"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 
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INSTRUMENTATION
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Voice and Piano
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DURATION
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22 minutes
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SONGS
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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
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RECORDING
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Magus Insipiens: 3 Song Cycles on Poems by Taliesin, Payne, and Sappho
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DATE OF COMPOSITION
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2008
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Dedicated to Graham Bean.