Chamber opera. Libretto from the Bhagavad gita and poetry of Kabir; translation by Ramananda Prasad. Amit Chatterjee. Indian vocalist (Krishna) ; Tony Boutté, tenor (Arjuna) ; Galienne Eriksen, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Maren Montalbano, chorus ; Bob Franceschini, tenor saxophone ; Badal Roy, tablas ; Ann Cecil Sterman, flute, piccolo ; Andrew Sterman, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Rex Benincasa, Jim Publiese, percussion ; Kathleen Supové, piano ; Ethel String Quartet (Mary Rowell, Joyce Hammann, violins ; Ralph Farris, viola ; Dorothy Lawson, violoncello) ; Robert Black, contrabass ; Alan Johnson, conductor. Recorded Mar.-Dec., 2005 at Sear Sound and Red Bird Studios, New York, NY. Compact disc. Program and biographical notes, synopsis, and libretto ([28] pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
The dilemma. Alap ; Prologue: gathering forces ; Stop my chariot ; My limbs fail, my mouth becomes dry ; O Krishna ; Ne noom ta na ; Teachers, uncles, sons and grandfathers ; Interlude I: The battle within -- The answer. My head turns ; The answer, Part I (Juta log) ; The answer, Part 2 ; My head turns (reprise) ; The answer, Part 3 (dialogue) ; Interlude 2: A clear white light -- The vision. Explain to me ; I am the beginning ; Show me ; Transformation ; The vision ; I am death ; Four-armed form ; Epilogue: I will fight ; Postlude.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)261174789
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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