• Oxen of the Sun

    2003 | 18 mins | for ten-string and six-string guitar

    1. Sirens

    2. Pan

    3. Aeolus

    4. Orpheus

    5. Arethusa

    6. Circe

    7. Narcissus

    “Nothing can quite prepare one for the experience that is Stephen Goss’ Oxen of the Sun. This was written for Leathwood to play on 10-string and 6-string guitars. The normal guitar rests on its back on two piano stools in front of the performer, who holds the 10-string in the normal way. The 6-string is played rather in the manner of a lap-guitar, with harmonics and tapping, and two different capos.” Classical Guitar Magazine

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    Commissioned by Jonathan Leathwood. First performed at the Bolivar Hall, Grafton Way, London on 21st March 2003. First US performance for the Denver Classical Guitar Society, South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln Street at Ellsworth, Denver, Colorado, USA 8th November 2003.

    Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (Cadenza Music, CACD0604© 2006). Published by Doberman-Yppan © 2014 ISBN : 978-2-89503-645-6