Cat’s perfume

My wool and silk disguise the she-wolf hid within. With granny cap and lendings, sheath the wild and raw, Tuck in protruding nose and ears, conceal the curves. Retreat from glaring eyes and curiosity Spare those who cannot help but…


Old knight

Oppression of maturity: the taunt To nurture radiance of glory past, Distend and burnish reputation’s breast. Within rust armour, withered flesh is gaunt. Luscious relief to shrug, at last, the yoke; Unto our progeny bequeath. Set free, Witness inert, while…


Home

Exiled, as the day snuffs out, Cling to smoking sunset ember Against the long, lone dark to come. Seek some hovel, yearn for home Through the tyranny of the night. Home is restful, A comfort, and furthermore: It draws you…


Broccoli

This song uses a form resembling a rondeau, which repeats three times. The ending refrain of one verse elides into the beginning refrain of the next. In the repeated refrains, only the rentrement is sung, and the rest of the form is played instrumentally. Maria Alejandra Velasquez…


Telescope II

Upon completing the first Telescope, which took a number of attempts at the various sections, I had a hankering to go right back at it again, which resulted in this version. Both are built on the same plan, based on…


To split infinite

As mentioned in the album overview, this song started as an instrumental for Graham Ritchie’s production of Midsummer Nights Dream. To fit words to melody, a rather longer than typical ballade form resulted, so we reduced the number of stanzas to two,…


Dots

Maria Alejandra Velasquez Restrepo – voice Nina Horvath – keys   Buff Allen – drums and percussion Trevor Tunnacliffe – bass, guitar ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Dots (Ray) Pinwheel in my hand Its alive when I run fast Pinwheel – it’s alive when I…


Latch

There is some vague connection to Telescope in this piece – here, the fourteen bar divisions repeat unvaryingly, while the tenor (Delver) voice is isorhythmic. Maria Alejandra Velasquez Restrepo – voice Lisa Jensen – oboe Holly Bryan – horn Nina…


Bowl

Maria Alejandra Velasquez Restrepo – voice Lisa Jensen – oboe Holly Bryan – horn Nina Horvath – keys Buff Allen – drums Trevor Tunnacliffe – bass ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Bowl (Delver) Amanda greets the world with graceful style. She calmly chats with shoppers…