Words by: Kim Malthe-Bruun
Orchestration: baritone; 6 percussion/piano
Commissioned by: the Berlin Festival
First performance:
13 March 1997
The Percussion Group the Hague conducted by Micha Hamel
Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Berlin
first U.S. performance 25 April 1997
Oberlin Percussion Group onducted by Michael Rosen
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin, Ohio
first U.K. performance 13 July 1997
Ensemble Bash conducted by Brad Cohen
Almeida Festival, London