"A collection of unique dramatic works for narrating instrumentalists"--Container. For piano trio (1st work); double bass (2nd work); violoncello (3rd work); and violin and piano (4th work); performers also play percussion and other instruments in some works. Words from the novel by Hermann Hesse (2nd work), Willa Cather's novel, My Antonia (3rd work), and George Orwell's 1984 (4th work). Members of Trio Pacifica (1st and 3rd-4th works); Jon Deak, double bass (2nd work). Recorded Sept. 10-12, 1996, in Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene (1st and 3rd-4th works), and Mar. 1, 1997, at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music Recital Hall, SUNY, Purchase, N.Y. (2nd work). Eds. recorded: C. Fischer. Compact disc. Program notes in English, principally by the performers, and biographical notes (11 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
The wager at the El Dorado Saloon (1993) / [words] from Jack London's The call of the wild (12:00) -- Readings from Steppenwolf (1975-82) (11:14) -- Metaphor (1980) (9:59) -- Greetings from 1984 (1983) (17:01).
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