Canticles of Hyperion!

Tonight, Canticles of Hyperion makes its world debut after an 18 month delay. My thanks and appreciation to Steve Barton and the University of Richmond Wind Ensemble for bringing this music to life. While Hyperion’s story has been told in many literary works, this is the story that I want to tell through music. Hyperion is caught in a bad moment, in a bad decision, and falls into terrible conflict. Only through meeting the right person that chooses clemency and mercy (in this case Zeus), does Hyperion reorganize himself to become something better and move beyond the decisions that previously trapped him. My thanks to Robert Traugh and the Pittsburg Creator’s Project who completed this recording in July of 2021.