- Dreamweaver is a seven-movement work for choir, piano, and string orchestra:
- Prologue
- Dreamsong
- The Bridge
- Intermezzo
- Paradise
- Dominion
- Epilogue
- Program notes by the composer:
- “The text for Dreamweaver is based on parts of the Norwegian medieval folk poem Draumkvedet, an epic ballad that has a lot in common with Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The protagonist, Olav Åsteson, falls asleep on Christmas Eve and sleeps for thirteen days. He wakes up and rides to church to describe his dreams to the congregation about his brave, beautiful, terrifying, and ultimately redeeming journey through the afterlife. For this composition, the Draumkvedet poem has been adapted into a creative reimagination in English penned by Charles Anthony Silvestri.”
- You will find the lyrics to all seven movements here.
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