Flute, Oboe (optional English horn), Alto saxophone, Celesta, Guitar and Harp
Comment:
A sextet for Flute, Oboe (optional English horn), Alto saxophone, Celesta, Guitar and Harp - inspired by a poem by James Joyce with the same setting as Heitor Villa-Lobos' famous Sexteto mistico (Mystic sextet).
The Twilight Turns
The twilight turns from amethyst
To deep and deeper blue,
The lamp fills with a pale green glow
The trees of the avenue.
The old piano plays an air,
Sedate and slow and gay;
She bends upon the yellow keys,
Her head inclines this way.
Shy thought and grave wide eyes and hands
That wander as they list —
The twilight turns to darker blue
With lights of amethyst.