JULIAN COCHRAN - Pegasus’ Travels, part 5

Part 5 of the piano cycle, Pegasus’ Travels A work for solo piano work by the great English/Australian composer, Julian Cochran. Pegasus’ Travels comprised five parts, and whilst large independent works in themselves, each part undergoes increasingly deep transformations of the same fixed musical subjects. Julian Cochran writes of Pegasus: “Pegasus’ Travels represents fives journeys of Pegasus over vast distances, covering exotic lands, unexpected encounters and colourful circumstances.“ “Pegasus – the magnificent winged stallion in ancient Greek mythology – originally carried thunder and lightning for Zeus in his palace. In later times, Pegasus symbolised poetry and wisdom.“ “Yet one may consider in isolation the inherent appearance and capacities of this beautiful creature. Pegasus thus exudes unbounded freedom as it passes across borders, perhaps not even aware of them, at great speed; and overcoming of the herd-loving characteristics of its horse-cousins, Pegasus prefers to be away from crowds and t