For several years, he focused on music for modern dance and ballet. Our goal is to source some of the finest vineyards in sonoma county and produce very small lots of hand picked cabernet sauvignon and zinfandel creating sonoma county wines we would be proud to serve to our families and friends. Odysseus gave the greeks victory, and they left the alien shores for home. Premiere february, 2014, the university of texas wind ensemble, conducted by jerry junkin. Jun 06, 2018 this cruel moon 2017 is an adaptation for younger bands of immortal thread, so weak, the second movement of mackeys winedark sea. Published last week, latour, the digital humanities, and the divided kingdom of knowledge is an article developed from the recomposing the humanities conference sponsored by new literary history at the university of virginia in september of 2015. Jan 30, 2014 winedark sea is dedicated to jerry junkin, without whom the piece would not exist.
Mackey put out a call on his personal facebook page anyone interested in such a work, and within hours had amassed a consortium of 47 members. This was about 32% of all the recorded mackey s in the usa. It helps describe a scene in which the grieving achilles looks out to sea just after the. Mar 04, 2016 taipei municipal chenggong high school concert bandconductor. Other attempts to explain homers wine dark sea have included such solutions as the absence of a word for blue in the ancient greek language, congenital color blindness in the particular. Taipei municipal chenggong high school concert bandconductor. Oct 19, 2011 what is the meaning of the phrase winedark sea. Aug 12, 20 thus, when achilles, weeping, quickly slipping away from his companions, sat on the shore of the gray salt sea, stretches forth his hands toward the oinopa ponton, he looks not on the enigmatic winedark sea, but, more explicitly, and possibly with more weight of melancholy, on a sea as dark as wine. With the stress on the second syllable, it is a variant of scottish and irish mckay. Its meant to represent the song of the beautiful and immortal nymph kalypso who saves odysseus, falls in love with him, and ultimately loses him. From the sensuality of the title story, to the nightmarish rural surreality of the trains, from aickman bridges the stylistic gap between classic horror, as written by practitioners such as m. What do they have in common other than being both in.
Wine is a liquid that can be close to black at times, which is pretty dramatic and notable in an era when you cant just pop down to the store to buy ink or coke. Tides, myriadislanded, within her, blood not mine, oinopa ponton, a wine dark sea. Her players two drummers, three additional guitarists all of whom often play simultaneously, and reeds. Homer called the ocean on which odysseus sailed a winedark sea, and for the greek king it was as murky and disorienting as its name. Mackey s origin is scottish gaelic, and its use, english. John mackey winedark sea symphony for band by ostimusic. It helps describe a scene in which the grieving achilles looks out to sea just after the funeral of his beloved patroclus. Jack aubrey and stephen maturinthe amiable, musicloving heroes of obrians wonderful sailpowered series the truelove, the letter of marque, the far side of the world, et al. Winedark sea the program note at john mackeys blog. Junkin, conductor live in bates recital hall austin, texas february 12, 2014 published with the. In 1840 there were 109 mackey families living in new york. As lucien covered him with a winedark comforter, he caught a faint, but unusual odor, like tree sap or amberan odor that tickled the underside of his memory. Winedark sea homer the winedark sea is a traditional english translation of oinops pontos, an epithet in homer of uncertain meaning. Oct 06, 2016 sailing the wine dark sea with composer john mackey.
Commissioned by the utwe for the 100th anniversary of the sarah and ernest butler school of music, it has been performed in front of ecstatic audiences and received raves around the world. They do not hazard what homer meant by this phrasing, and a survey of principal modern english translations provides neither consensus nor clarity. Achilles sat on the shore and looked out to the winedark sea. Wine dark sea jerry junkin university of texas wind. This terrific work is a wonderful adaptation of the middle movement of the larger work wine dark sea. Talk about the humanities today tends to focus on their perceived. Over the winedark sea takes its time in getting started, and maintains its leisurely pace throughout. This book, a particularly fine example of obrians craft, is part. From country and folk to blues, gospel, jazz, and 19th century parlor songs, she has always translated these forms with uncommon depth and understanding in her uniquely revealing songs.
Sailing the winedark sea with composer john mackey houston. Sailing the winedark sea with composer john mackey. John mackey talks about his symphony for band inspired by the odyssey, as well as his compositional process, what music he listens to, and his cat. John mackey composer john mackey born october 1, 1973 is an american composer of contemporary classical music, with an emphasis on music for wind band, as well as orchestra. The wine dark sea, book number 16 of the aubreymaturin series starts with a chase, ends with a chase and has the usual excitement and intrigue in between. It stands at more than twenty thousand feet above sea level, a towering mass over the alaskan wilderness. It means sea that looks like wine but it has been translated in english as wine dark sea. I love doing experiments in order to answer questions on quora and have done a bunch of weird ones, this one includ. This terrific work is a wonderful adaptation of the middle movement of th. Clipper round the world race one of the biggest challenges in the natural world 6 continents, 40,000 nautical miles, 8 legs this is my race. John mackey discusses wine dark sea reference recordings. The history and meaning of the name mackey is fascinating, learn more. Mackey vineyards is dedicated to french style production and wine making methods to achieve uncompromising expression of terroir, that ineffable quality that links the wines to the unique land where the grapes are grown.
Memory sails out upon a murky seawinedark, opaque, unfathomable, he writes with a knowing wink. Rutherfurddyer the adjective otvob in the phrase translated the winedark sea is normally regarded as a formulaic epithet, a meaningless romantic flourish evoking the colour or texture of wine. The hms surprise voyages to peru, where maturin hopes to help the independence movement of peru. The mackey family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. The second movement, immortal thread, so weak, telling of kalypsos broken heart, is dedicated to abby, without whom none of my music over the past ten years would exist. Mar 30, 2020 tides, myriadislanded, within her, blood not mine, oinopa ponton, a wine dark sea. After creating an experiment today, i believe that i may have accidentally proved why homer likened the ocean to being wine dark. Performed by the university of texas wind ensemble, conducted by jerry junkin. The most mackey families were found in the usa in 1880. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to mackey, mackenzie was the most widely used. Junkin, conductor live in bates recital hall austin, texas f.
New york had the highest population of mackey families in 1840. Homers winedark sea has puzzled scholars for centuries, leading to such farflung hypotheses as strange weather effects, air pollution, and mass grecian colorblindness. Wine dark sea literary and cultural history at the level of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Wine dark sea is dedicated to jerry junkin, without whom the piece would not exist. The winedark sea by patrick obrianthere are few prose stylists writing today who can compare with patrick obrian for the smooth, evocative and fluid stories which come from his pen. The trade mission the aphrodite is on seems to be a reason to provide a tour of the mediterranean world from rhodes to pompeii and syracuse, but there is little sense of purpose aside from that.
Its the winedark sea, or the wineish sea, not the winecolored sea. After all, the sea is not ruby red as most red wine is. John mackey born october 1, 1973 is an american composer of contemporary classical music, with an emphasis on music for wind band, as well as orchestra. John mackey talks about his symphony for band inspired by the odyssey, as well as his. Commissioned by the university of texas at austin, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the sarah and. This cruel moon by john mackey wind band literature. Indoeuropean cognates suggest the words origin lies in the notion of a path or passage across the water.
Symphony for band by john mackey the university of texas wind ensemble jerry f. When used of the sea, the authors suggest, it is best rendered winedark, meaning, within its broader context, the color of dark wine. A winedark sea may even have been a sign of good weather ahead, a sign like red at night, shepherds delight. But odysseus journey would take as long as the war itself. Mackey is a form of the english, gaelic, and scottish mackenzie. The winedark sea is a traditional english translation of oinops pontos, ipa.
In addition, mackey is an english variant of the name mackenzie english, gaelic, and scottish. How should we understand the meaning of comparatives such as closer together and further apart in such multidimensional spaces. Supplemental digital media for the article can be found here abstract. Commissioned by the university of texas at austin, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the sarah and ernest butler school of music. Book 16 aubreymaturin novels kindle edition by obrian, patrick. Dec 20, 1983 other attempts to explain homers wine dark sea have included such solutions as the absence of a word for blue in the ancient greek language, congenital color blindness in the particular. Also note the spelling and the pronunciation of the name mackey and check the initials of the name with your last name to discover how it looks and sounds. James, algernon blackwood, arthur machen etc and the new wave of horror, as represented by such. The title piece by john mackey, wine dark sea, is the world premiere recording of this important new work.
Jan 01, 1988 the wine dark sea displays aickman at his very best. Wine dark sea literary and cultural history at the level. But the winelike sea, the sea that is oinopa, is called pontonthe open sea, deep sea, high sea, the ocean, or what sailors call blue water. He stuck out a winedark tongue and punched me in the chest uncle moscow. M ackey as a boys name has its root in gaelic, and the meaning of the name mackey is son of. Mackey vineyards is dedicated to french style production and winemaking methods to achieve uncompromising expression of terroir, that ineffable quality that links the wines to the unique land where the grapes are grown. Search comprehensively and find the name meaning of mackey and its name origin or of any other name in our database. Measured from its base to its peak, it is the tallest mountain on land in the worlda full two thousand feet taller than mount everest. Caroline alexander in laphams quarterly searches for the answer which scholars have grappled with for centuries. Mackey is largely used in the english, irish, and scottish languages, and its origin is scottish gaelic and celtic. Winedark sea is dedicated to jerry junkin, without whom the piece would not exist. That said, wine dark sea is somewhat of a departure. Auden, patrick obrian, and brian jacques, among others. Why does homer call the ocean wine dark in his iliad and.
Someday i will travel to distant corfu and see for myself the house that has no walls only light and shadow inexplicably dancing in planes here and there so as to suggest that maybe once there were walls or one day there might be but today if you are waltzing by the shore what you. Apr 23, 2019 published last week, latour, the digital humanities, and the divided kingdom of knowledge is an article developed from the recomposing the humanities conference sponsored by new literary history at the university of virginia in september of 2015. From the very first lines of odyssey, homer recites that the hero sails down the wine dark sea epi oinopa ponton. The wine dark sea displays aickman at his very best. This cruel moon 2017 is an adaptation for younger bands of immortal thread, so weak, the second movement of mackeys winedark sea. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the winedark sea vol. Is this phrase used often in english and what exactly does it mean. Etched in bone memory sails out upon a murky seawinedark, opaque, unfathomable, he writes with a knowing wink. This verse is often repeated throughout odyssey raising questions in all modern scholars of wine history, and, to this day, is still an unanswered riddle. He had that type of countenance which dim tradition was already beginning to assign to the son of manthe perfectly oval face, the waved and winedark hair, the glowing. The koyukon call it denali, meaning the great one, and it is great. This terrific work is a wonderful adaptation of the middle movement of the larger work winedark sea. Mackeys origin is scottish gaelic, and its use, english. His majestys government has become interested in peru, where the spanish vicegerency is tottering and the beastly french seek greater influence.
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