The Traveler's Eye 2004

The Traveler's Eye, Theatrical Madigals, Poetry and Music

Music by Adam Sentoni
With Texts by Adam Sentoni, Ellen Kelley
and spiritual traditions from around the world

The Traveler’s Eye is a process, a journey through birth, self-identification and realization, union with another, death of body and rebirth of spirit as seen through the eyes of the travelers experiencing it. The performance focuses on moments in time, critical moments, when we realize that death is crucial to living, and that there are many moments of death and rebirth within the span of a life. Modern and ancient texts from different spiritual disciplines reveal that this journey and process only vary in terms, not content. Through music and poetry, The Traveler’s Eye seeks to bridge the human experience unique to individuals and common to our spirits.

Composed for 5 voices and piano, The Traveler's Eye is a modern theatrical version of a popular format of music from the 17th Century, called Madrigali. Just as Claudio Monteverdi's "Madrigali amorosi" and "Madrigali guerrieri" represent songs of love and war respectively, The Traveler's Eye represents "Madrigals of Life," theatrically staged and dramatically presented.

As we learn, we grow
As we grow, we change
As we change, we die to what we've known
And are reborn to a new reality

NEW SONG LIST

CD of Traveler's Eye

(The recording available at this time is a solo version of Traveler's Eye.)

MP3 SAMPLES

At the Moment of Death
Welsh Triads
Maybe I Hope
Cold Eyes
Monks & Transcendentalists (pt. 5)
The Dead Are Not Dead

"De profundis"
"At the Moment of Death"
"Gateway of the West"
"The Winds of Fate"
"Undisturbed"
"Welsh Triads"
"God"
"Sleepers Awake"
"The Fool's Path"
"Beautiful Creation"
"Walking Through the Light"
"The Return"
"Maybe I Hope"
"The Journey"
"Toccata"
"Cold Eyes"
"Everything Falls"
"The Traveler's Eye"
"Monks & Transcendentalists"
"At the Moment of Death (reprise)"
"Negative Confessions"
"The Dead Are Not Dead"
"To All Who've Gone Before Us"

Soprano, Alto, Tenor I, Baritone
Baritone, Tenor I
Alto
Tenor II
Piano Solo
All
Tenor I, chorus
Baritone, Tenor I, Alto
All
Baritone, Tenor I
Tenor II
Piano Solo
Soprano
Baritone
Alto, Tenor II
Tenor II
All
Piano Solo
All
Alto, Soprano
All
Alto, chorus
All