
Tainted Beauty; Persephone's Storyfor Wind Ensemble
Vowles, Paul
The Lake of Pegusa
Plucked from the Earth
Fanfare of the Undead
Bathing in Oblivion
Summer Too Fleeting
A Hateful Reunion
Acceptance (Surrender?)
The story of Persephone, the sweet daughter of the goddess Demeter who was kidnapped by Hades and later became the Queen of the Underworld, is known all over the world.
Here Paul Vowles re-tells it through seven contrasting miniatures describing a life both charmed and turbulent. The music is lightly scored with solo opportunities throughout the ensemble. The stage is set with a gauze of delightful colour and texture, of course, never far behind are traumatic interludes of ominous darkness. Spellbinding!
Tainted Beauty; Persephone's Story, was commissioned by the Wind Conducting and Wind Ensemble Faculty of the Sherborne Summer School of Music and their director Mark Heron.
AB grade: 7 / 8 US 4 / 5
Duration c: 11.00 minutes
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