Symphony No 1 - 'Towards the Light' 3. The Death of Socrates.
Laurence Hughes

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Additional Information

The third movement sets part of two texts from Plato - the Phaedo and the Apology. As Socrates awaits death from hemlock juice, he expounds to his disciples his theory of death as a probable transition of the soul to another world.

Tags

Choral; symphony; Socrates

Details

Year
Score file
light3.pdf
Minutes
12