A cover of the beautiful melody Banquet Hall, composed by the wonderful Loreena McKennitt

Banquet Hall Cover (composed by Loreena McKennitt)

The inspiration for this song comes from the tragic 'El pozo amargo' (The Bitter Well) legend of Toledo, Spain. It recounts the heartbreaking love story of a Jewish girl and a brave Christian boy who is killed by the girl's father during one of their secret nocturnal encounters. According to the legend, Raquel cried so much that her tears made the well's water bitter. Distraught with grief, she ended her life by throwing herself down the well. 
Originally situated within a Jewish mansion, the well still survives today in a small square on 'El pozo amargo' Street near the Cathedral of Toledo. It was at this spot where the enamored couple, Raquel and Fernando, would secretly rendezvous and where their tragic love story became an enduring legend.

Tema inspirado en la trágica leyenda toledana de 'El pozo amargo'. Narra los desamores entre una judía toledana y un valiente cristiano, que es asesinado por el padre de ella en una de sus encuentros nocturnos. La leyenda cuenta que las lágrimas de Raquel amargaron las aguas de este pozo, donde ella acabó tirándose presa de la locura. 
Muy cerca de la catedral de Toledo se encuentra la calle de 'EL pozo amargo', donde todavía se conserva este pozo. Es el lugar donde se ubicaba el palacio judío escenario de la leyenda, donde se daban cita los enamorados Raquel y Fernando.

EL POZO AMARGO 

Música: Ana Alcaide
Letra: Beatriz Moreno Cervera
Basada en la leyenda toledana de 'El pozo amargo'

VIDEOCLIP RECORDED BY LA KÁTANA FILMS
Directed by George Karja
lakatanafilms.blogspot.com

LYRICS/LETRAS

'Las sombras de tu vergel secreto escondieron los besos de labio y labio abiertos en flor 
Doncella de nobleza levita, si adoras a un cristiano más vale que silencies tu amor
La noche soñada en los jardines despista a los guardianes que velan tus paseos, Raquel
Tan solo la luna en su crecida conoce de tus dichas y el pozo en que le aguardas a el

Rosarios de auroras toledanas bendicen vuestra suerte y os vuelven descuidados tal vez
Luceros y estrellas pasajeras perfilan en el aire su entrega y tu desnudez
Y al alba de una noche certera partido de un abrazo por una daga criminal
La sangre templada de Fernando destila entre tus manos y anuncia su destino fatal

'En su agua calmaré
Este amargo dolor
Fernando, sálvame,
¿ya estás aquí, mi amor?'

Calvario de pena y desconsuelo te arranca de tu lecho en delirio y vas al pozo a llorar
Locura de hiel en tus sollozos derraman en su cauce el mal sabor de tu pesar
Asomas a la  fosa profunda, sus ojos te sonríen, serenos del perdón de Dios
Y cuentan cristianos de Toledo que aullando con el viento quebrada se escucha tu voz'

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I was searching my vault for oldies, and came across a bunch of music attempts that I did in the late nineties. By this time, I was starting to think about making music much more seriously, but only had like a PC and a Yamaha DB50-XG soundcard. By this time David Arkenstone, Loreena Mckennitt, among several others had great influence on my music creation endeavors.
Hope you like this tribute, which is a mix between a cover of 'Courtyard Lullaby' and my original music (1998).

Hugo Flores - Lullaby (remastered - tribute to Loreena Mckennitt)

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Factory of Dreams is a symphonic metal gothic project consisting of Hugo Flores and Jessica 

Musician Bios:
'Multi-instrumentalist Hugo Flores rose to international attention with his first solo album in 2000. After that he formed the band “Sonic Pulsar” that would further refine his sound and style and lead to the release of 2 albums, one in 2002 the second in 2005. These albums further inspired Hugo to the point of creating a massive multi-album story arc under the moniker “Project Creation”, which has release 2 albums so far, one in 2005 and one in 2007. In 2008 Hugo was once again inspired, this time by vocalist Jessica Lehto to create new music outside of the style he’d been working in for the last several years. Now in 2009 they are back with a new album of goth and progressive metal.'

'At the age of seven Jessica started playing the keyboard/piano. She took a few piano classes but learning notes bored her and Jessica ended up learning mostly everything by ear. Jessica started singing when she was 15. That was when Jessica discovered more metal driven music such as The Gathering, Within Temptation, Nightwish and Blind Guardian. Since then her interest in music has grown much deeper, and at the age of 17 Jessica started writing pieces of her own. She’s currently keeping this passion for music up in her project Once There Was, and also through participating in different collaborations like the new fantastic Factory of Dreams developed by Hugo Flores.'

Jessica is also part of the Nightwish crew, translating their website to Swedish.

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Hugo Flores - Lullaby (remastered - tribute to Loreena Mckennitt)

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