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Hexperos - Nana By Manuel de Falla HexperosOfficial 139 views Nana (a lullaby from Siete Canciones popolares Españolas) Music by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Soprano - Alessandra Santovito Harp - Francesca Romana Di Nicola Duérmete,...
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OUT NOW: The new album of Hexperos is entitled "THE VEIL OF QUEEN MAB". You can buy it here, in the best music stores, on line, on Hexperos and Equilibrium Music's web sites

The title of this new album "THE VEIL OF QUEEN MAB" comes from El velo de la reina Mab by the Nicaraguan writer and poet Rubén Darío (1867 - 1916). A short tale from the collection Azul whose immense lyricism, resulted of melancholia and fairy tales, has brought fame to Dario's verses, and in which we find typical South American magical realism, ancient mythology and pure fantasy.
Queen Mab is a creation of the Anglo-Saxon mythology, probably with roots in the Celtic legends. She is the queen of dreams. Many will remember Shakespeare mentioning her, through the mouth of Mercutio, in the scene IV of the first Act of Romeo and Juliet, or refer to her myth in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Apart from Darío and Shakespeare, quoted here in our lyrics, many other artists have also paid tribute to Queen Mab in their works, from classical painters, writers or composers, up to Rock bands, cartoonists and film makers.
In our album, like in Darìo's tale, Queen Mab is seen as an inspiring Diva or Goddess. She is the comforter. It is thanks to her veil, "el velo de los sueños, de los dulces sueños, que hacen ver la vida de color de rosa" ("the veil of dreams, of sweet dreams, that make the world appear rose-colored"), that sadness abandons the heart of the four protagonists of the story. In their chests, Queen Mab has placed hope and a touch of vanity that bring solace to these poor artists - a painter, a sculptor, a musician and a writer - when faced with their deep disappointments.

The moon is yet a recurring figure on this album. In fact, it is another source of inspiration for many artists, and perhaps simply one of the various faces of the artist's Muse. The moon is present through the verses of Apuleius (c.125 -- c.180) and his Metamorphoseon (Liber Undecimus) which we used for Moon Spell and Summatem Deam and it is the protagonist of Diadem of the Night.
This is an old song of mine which I wrote for the second demo tape of my previous, juvenile project named Gothica.
That demo was entitled Proserpina, a fascinating mythological subject and again a Muse for me and many others, among whom the great Italian poetess Alda Merini, who passed away recently on November 1st 2009. We used one of her most famous poems for the song Le lacrime di Proserpina as a tribute to her and to a theme whose interest we share: folly. The notion of folly in this song is embodied by the whispered voices while the harp's harmonics represent le lacrime or tears, highlighting the particular care that has been placed by Francesco and me in the choice of the right sounds for each atmosphere we wanted to evoke.
Coming back to Proserpina, I will never forget the great impact that a painting of her by Dante Gabriel Rossetti had on me the first time I saw it. This feeling is even stronger each time I recall that this great Pre-Raphaelite painter and his famous family (his sister is the poetess Christina Rossetti) have their origin in the same small Italian town where the illustrious father Gabriele, Francesco and I were born.

Last but not least, we have again chosen to include a song from Manuel De Falla's Siete Canciones Populare Españolas since we adore this opus. Furthermore, the lyrics on this song are an old traditional composition with a naturalistic theme congenial to my way of writing and to our souls.

The rest of my lyrics are inspired by Mother Nature and, as always, by the atmospheres found in Gothic literature.

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