Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦Musical Interlude: I'm going a bit dark today....in 2016 Ross Crean composed a chamber opera based on the classic horror story "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen. The story, of a woman born from a union between a human and an otherworldly force, and who grows to wreak a path of destruction, is regarded as one of the all-time greats. This adaptation makes her a more nuanced character, a femme fatale who is also a symbol of female liberation, and also a victim of forces beyond her understanding or control.
So, here's a sample from it...
"Gethsemane," composed by Ross Crean, performed by Sarah Thompson Johansen.
