Excerpt from a live performance of "Eight Songs for a Mad King" by Peter Maxwell Davies
Sections:  
6.  The Counterfeit
7.  Country Dance
8.  The Review

Haleh Abghari, King George III
New York New Music Ensemble
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
1 May 2007

Reviews:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2007/Jan-Jun07/madness0105.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/arts/music/03merk.html

Eight Songs For A Mad King - Excerpt - Last Section to end

A setting of Federico García Lorca's stunning poem "Arqueros." Commissioned by the wonderful soprano Liz Pearse, and performed by her with the composer at the piano.

Los arqueros oscuros
a Sevilla se acercan.

Guadalquivir abierto.

Anchos sombreros grises,
largas capas lentas.

¡Ay, Guadalquivir!

Vienen de los remotos
países de la pena.

Guadalquivir abierto.

Y van a un laberinto.
Amor, cristal y piedra.

¡Ay, Guadalquivir!


The dark archers 
Approach Seville

The Guadalquivir river is open

Broad gray hats
Long black capes

Oh, Guadalquivir!

They come from the remote
Countries of woe

The Guadalquivir is open

And they head towards a labyrinth
Love, crystal and stone

Oh, Guadalquivir!

Arqueros

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Eight Songs For A Mad King - Excerpt - Last Section to end

Haleh Abghari

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