According to Classical scholar Albert Smith, for Aphrodite (Latin:
Venus) to appear at any human encounter, these three elements must
be present: Love, Beauty and Desire. My work for voices and orchestra
is a meditation of these themes.
Movement #3 "Love"
This is an ode on Love's power for choir alone on text by the 17th
Century translator of Ovid into English, George Sandys.
Text: FIRE, AIRE EARTH, WATER, all the Opposites
That strove in Chaos, powrefull LOVE unites;
And from their Discord drew this Harmonie
- George Sandys
Love, Beauty, Desire was commissioned
by the Vancouver Symphony with the generous assistance of the Canada
Council.
