A musical companion to his memoir, "Hallelujah junction : composing an American life" (New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008). Various performers. Compact disc. Program notes by the composer, libretti excerpts, and recording information in booklet.
Contents:
A new day Part I (14:31). Shaker loops. Part I. Shaking and trembling (8:25) -- Harmonium. Part III. Wild nights (11:41) -- Nixon in China. Act I, Scene 3. Ladies and gentleman (6:36) ; Mr. Premier, distinguished guests (2:37) ; Cheers (3:48) -- Chamber symphony. Movement I. Mongrel airs (7:50) -- Gnarly buttons. Movement III. Put your loving arms around me (8:32) -- Hoodoo zephyr (10:18) -- The death of Klinghoffer. Chorus of exiled Palestinians (8:33) ; Chorus of exiled Jews (8:35) -- I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky. ¡Este pais! = This country! (4:24) -- Violin concerto. Movement III. Tocarre (7:39) -- Naive and sentimental music. Part III. Chain to the rhythm (10:54) -- El Niño. The babe leaped in her womb (3:30) ; Magnificat (3:23) -- A flowering tree. Act II, Scene 4. Kumudha and the beggar minstrels (7:08) -- The dharma at Big Sur. Part I. A new day (14:31).
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