Soprano and string quartet (2 vlns/vla/vc).
Poems by Tom Marshall and Ian Young.
Timing: 11' (in five movements)
Composed: 1990

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Programme Notes

 

Winter Angels
Summer Angels
Autumn Angels
Interlude
Spring Angels

The creation of Angel Seasons began in 1983 when I attended a poetry reading by Toronto poet Ian Young. I was intrigued by the use of angel imagery in his work. The dedication of his Summer Angels and Autumn Angels led me to Tom Marshall's Winter Angels and Spring Angels -- a combination that begged to be made into a song cycle. These angels are at once sensual yet ethereal, detached yet passionate, omnipresent yet intangible, benevolent yet capable of turning the mind to madness.