02-13-2025, 02:42 PM
An opera about John Dee by saxophonist John Harle.
"John Dee and his "scryer", Edward Kelly, are preparing for the climactic phase of their experiments in summoning Angels, who Dee believed would be able to reveal to him the secrets of the universe. In such seances, it was traditional for the Magus (Dee) to conduct the ritual, and the Scryer to look into the stone. The Magus would then record what the Scryer saw and heard. Much of the libretto of Angel Magick derives from Dee’s meticulous notes of these sessions.
The opera is in seven parts, marked by the naming of seven planets, and their appropriate angels."
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/...ohn-Harle/
https://www.johnharle.com/angel-magick.htm
(embedded videos can be viewed on YouTube).
"John Dee and his "scryer", Edward Kelly, are preparing for the climactic phase of their experiments in summoning Angels, who Dee believed would be able to reveal to him the secrets of the universe. In such seances, it was traditional for the Magus (Dee) to conduct the ritual, and the Scryer to look into the stone. The Magus would then record what the Scryer saw and heard. Much of the libretto of Angel Magick derives from Dee’s meticulous notes of these sessions.
The opera is in seven parts, marked by the naming of seven planets, and their appropriate angels."
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/...ohn-Harle/
https://www.johnharle.com/angel-magick.htm
(embedded videos can be viewed on YouTube).