Savage Ritual is a musical depiction of the anxiety and drama that accompanied the sacrificial rites as practiced by the Aztecs in 15th century Mexico. A free...
Water colour country. Here the hills
rot like rungs beneath enormous skies
and all day long the shadows of the clouds
stain the paddocks with their running...
Based on Josquin Desprez's motet Tu Pauperum Refugium, this work begins with soul-settling chords, then moves off into the complex polyphony Josquin perfected...
