Odilon Redon, The Fall of Icarus, pastel, The Rothschild Art Foundation.
Odilon Redon, The Fall of Icarus, pastel, The Rothschild Art Foundation.
"Icarus," scored for tenor and piano, was completed in late August 2007 as a companion for "To an Unknown God" and "Marisol." All three songs are settings of original poems by the composer. In the embedded mp3, English horn substitutes for tenor.