AEONIA, by The Esoterics

AEONIA

by The Esoterics

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1.	Stars, forever while we sleep: I. There will be stars (Donald Skirvin) 03:27	buy track
2.	Stars, forever while we sleep: II. Clear evening (Donald Skirvin) 04:46	buy track
3.	Stars, forever while we sleep: III. By the flowering tree (Donald Skirvin) 04:22	buy track
4.	Stars, forever while we sleep: IV. September day (Donald Skirvin) 03:17	buy track
5.	Stars, forever while we sleep: V. Fontainbleau (Donald Skirvin) 03:48	buy track
6.	Stars, forever while we sleep: VI. Arcturus in autumn (Donald Skirvin) 03:09	buy track
7.	Stars, forever while we sleep: VII. Winter sun (Donald Skirvin) 05:22	buy track
8.	Stars, forever while we sleep: VIII. Wisdom (Donald Skirvin) 02:27	buy track
9.	Stars, forever while we sleep: IX. Let it be you (Donald Skirvin) 06:31	buy track
10.	I am among them: Delicious words (Eric Banks) 02:15	buy track
11.	I am among them: Moon I see you forever (Eric Banks) 01:41	buy track
12.	I am among them: Pools of you evaporate (Eric Banks) 01:24	buy track
13.	I am among them: Somewhere across (Eric Banks) 01:44	buy track
14.	I am among them: With seconds to spare (Eric Banks) 01:08	buy track
15.	I am among them: After spending years (Eric Banks) 01:42	buy track
16.	I am among them: Why are we forever (Eric Banks) 00:12	buy track
17.	I am among them: There is no innocence (Eric Banks) 01:19	buy track
18.	I am among them: The collapse of light (Eric Banks) 00:58	buy track
19.	I am among them: Screaming if flight or fight (Eric Banks) 02:50	buy track
20.	I am among them: Every traveler (Eric Banks) 00:58	buy track
21.	I am among them: Seeing and wanting (Eric Banks) 01:47	buy track
22.	I am among them: I suppose it is (Eric Banks) 01:14	buy track
23.	I am among them: Beyond the poppies (Eric Banks) 01:51	buy track
24.	I am among them: When you see (Eric Banks) 02:08	buy track

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AEONIA, The Esoterics’ sixteenth CD is inspired by the poetic contemplation of the eternal. Coming from the Latin word for ‘eternity,’ AEONIA features two compositions: by The Esoterics’ composer emeritus Donald Skirvin and the ensemble’s founder, Eric Banks. Skirvin’s work — Stars forever, while we sleep — is an unaccompanied choral symphony that sets nine poems by the American poetess Sara Teasdale. Perhaps his most virtuosic composition (for double and triple chorus), this work was commissioned for The Esoterics in 2009. I am among them is Banks’ setting of texts from his friend and Seattle broadcaster, Dan-Eric Slocum, who took his own life in early 2012. Slocum’s blog, The eternity door, provided the poetry for this work, a 22-minute stream-of-consciousness meditation on life, its struggles, and the hereafter. Banks’ work is also composed for double chorus.

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released December 12, 2014

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The Esoterics Seattle, Washington

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AEONIA

Dec 2014
SIRENE

Dec 2014
BARBER

Jun 2014
CHIAROSCURA

Dec 2011

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