• Thea Musgrave
  • Voices from the Ancient World (1998)

  • Novello & Co Ltd (World)

Commissioned by the Scottish Flute Trio

  • 3fl(2pic:afl)/perc
  • 15 min

Programme Note

I. Eos
The Goddess of the Dawn, who travelled on the winds and sprinkled down dew upon the earth.

II. Pan
The God of the countryside, of flocks, shepherds and animals, a famous player of the syrinx, or pan pipes, - the shepherd’s pipe.

III. Boreas
The God of the North Wind who had two faces - one facing where he was going, the other from whence he came. He was the male counterpart to Eos.

IV. CirIce
The Enchantress who changed men into beasts. Ulysses was given a sprig from a certain plant by Hermes which allowed him to resist her charms.

V. Pandora
When Pandora was created by Zeus, he ordered all the Gods to endow her with some of their attributes. She was also given a box, but forbidden to open it. Her curiosity about its contents overwhelmed her - she opened it and all the evils of the world flew out. Too late she closed it, but she managed to prevent the escape of Hope.

VI. Selene
The Goddess of the Moon who drives across the night sky in her chariot to visit the sleeping Endymion. She was once seduced by Pan.

Media

Voices from the Ancient World: No. 1. Eos
Voices from the Ancient World: No. 2. Pan
Voices from the Ancient World: No. 3. Boreas
Voices from the Ancient World: No. 4. Circe
Voices from the Ancient World: No. 5. Pandora
Voices from the Ancient World: No. 6. Selene

Discography