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A light instrumental ~*~*~*~ Finn Manniche – baritone guitar, guitar Nina Horvath – keys Trevor Tunnacliffe – bass Buff Allen – drums

Ferocious sky bears down with hurtled spray. It’s folly to proceed. Abandon course, You can’t endure the frowning tempest’s force. Ditch into hole, let all else wash away. But coiling tight against the elements’ Rough brunt is worse. By shunning sleet and gale, Your quest to propagate your seed will fail: You’ll wither, parched for … Read more

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 be consumed with lust, Who misconstrue and stain the pure as prurient. Shrug off the … Read more

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 light and purpose flee. In gloaming, scrabble vestiges of hope. Experience will guide to strike … Read more

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 into its warm, Safe bosom, source of solace. Where the home is, There’s nothing, because … Read more

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 Restrepo – voice Lisa Jensen – oboe Nina Horvath– keys Buff Allen – drums and … Read more

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 Dufay’s Nuper Rosarum Flores. Other than repeating the material in the third section, first without the … Read more

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, from the usual three. A traditional ballade needs a lot of words that rhyme with … Read more

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 run fast It spins in a blur A loud whir I dash headlong over grass … Read more

A bit of nonsense… Lisa Jensen – oboe Nina Horvath – keys Trevor Tunnacliffe – bass