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Aylward: Celestial Forms and Stories / Dear, Klangforum Wien
New Focus Recordings

Aylward: Celestial Forms and Stories / Dear, Klangforum Wien

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Details

Composer
John Aylward
Artist
Klangforum Wien
Format
CD
Label
New Focus Recordings
Released
Feb 04, 2022
Catalog #
FCR320
UPC
690277901928

About

Inspired by Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and Calvino's deconstructive analysis of the classic Roman recasting of Greek myths, John Aylward's Celestial Forms and Stories establishes musical analogs to Ovid's way of depicting the world. Featuring musicians from Klangforum Wien in chamber formations, Celestial Forms and Stories encapsulates the transformative nature of myth, constantly being reimagined and reinterpreted over generations and retellings. Aylward writes: “The entire nexus of Greek mythology is in constant need of new analysis and artistic interpretation lest it become stale and unable to reflect the ‘universal contiguity’ Calvino so aptly recognizes. Even Ovid’s stories were not his own, but rather the myths of the day retold under his own artistic renderings. And so perhaps Ovid is one of the first to abide by the old adage that the act of writing is to rewrite the already written. I would like my Celestial Forms and Stories to be received also as an act of rewriting these myths that Ovid immortalized, in my own way, and through my own revelation of transformation.”

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Daedalus 09:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Daedalus
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    John Aylward
    Ensemble
    members Klangforum Wien
    Conductor
    Finnegan Downie Dear
  2. 2 Mercury 08:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mercury
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    John Aylward
    Ensemble
    members Klangforum Wien
    Conductor
    Finnegan Downie Dear
  3. 3 Ephemera 08:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ephemera
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    John Aylward
    Ensemble
    members Klangforum Wien
  4. 4 Narcissus 11:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Narcissus
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    John Aylward
    Ensemble
    members Klangforum Wien
    Conductor
    Finnegan Downie Dear
  5. 5 Ananke 15:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ananke
    Duration
    15:10
    Composer
    John Aylward
    Ensemble
    Klangforum Wien
    Conductor
    Finnegan Downie Dear