Buyan by John Psathas - Diana Loomer (World Premiere)

Buyan (2017) was commissioned by Diana Loomer as part of her Doctoral study project “The Melodic TImpani”. World Premiere performance by Diana Loomer at the Bates Recital Hall, Austin, Texas, USA. March 10th. In Slavic mythology, Buyan is described as a mysterious island in the ocean with the ability to appear and disappear using tides. Three brothers - Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds - live there, and also the Zoryas solar goddesses who are daughters of the solar god Dazhbog. Koshcei the Deathless keeps his soul hidden there, secreted inside a needle placed inside an egg buried in a mystical tree. Legends call the island the source of all weather, created there and sent forth into the world by the god Perun.