Product Description
The Passage of Orpheus was originally
composed as the second movement of a Suite for Wind Ensemble. The original
suite, Mortals, Gods, and Heroes,
consisted of three short tone poems depicting three tales from Greek mythology.
The Passage of Orpheus depicts
Orpheuss trip to the underworld to bring back his wife, Eurydice. The music is
composed as set of variations that intertwines Orpheuss theme with each of the
characters he meets along the way: Charon the ferryman, Cerberus the
three-headed dog, Sisyphus forever rolling a boulder up a hill, Persephone the
queen of the underworld, and finally, his beloved Eurydice. Tragically, he
fails to bring her back.
This
version was arranged for my wife and the love of my life, Karen-for whom I
would gladly march into hell.
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