Synopsis for Band

SKU: CL.012-1405-01

This is a highly effective work in a basic slow-fast format. The opening reeds signal a modal flavor which is retained throughout the lyric slow section. Fanfares in the brass introduce the fast section which contains many interesting contrasts in texture. A magnificent allargando section ends the piece with great flourish and impact. Excellent contest material.

SKU: CL.012-1405-02

This is a highly effective work in a basic slow-fast format. The opening reeds signal a modal flavor which is retained throughout the lyric slow section. Fanfares in the brass introduce the fast section which contains many interesting contrasts in texture. A magnificent allargando section ends the piece with great flourish and impact. Excellent contest material.

SKU: CL.012-1405-00

This is a highly effective work in a basic slow-fast format. The opening reeds signal a modal flavor which is retained throughout the lyric slow section. Fanfares in the brass introduce the fast section which contains many interesting contrasts in texture. A magnificent allargando section ends the piece with great flourish and impact. Excellent contest material.

SKU: SU.30190050

Soprano, Tenor, Baritone; 1.1.1.0/0.0.0.0; pno; 2.1.1.0 Duration: 35' Libretto: Joyce Carol Oates Composed: 2003 Published by: Parsonage Press SYNOPSIS: A married couple celebrating their twelfth wedding anniversary attends a magic show performed by the acclaimed Dr. Magic, whose specialty would appear to be telepathy and hypnosis. Eager to be cast under Dr. Magic's spell, the husband and wife are revealed as alarmingly suggestible, and capable of feats unthinkable in normal consciousness. In the end, against our expectations, the hypnotized husband's love for his wife overcomes Dr. Magic and the two are promised a joint memory of their happiest experience. -- Joyce Carol Oates.

SKU: SU.30190010

Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone; 1.0.1.0; 0.0.0.0; pno; 1.1.1.0 Duration: 25' Libretto: Joyce Carol Oates Composed: 1999-2002 Published by: Parsonage Press SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged married couple, burdened with the increasing ill-health and irascibility of their Poor Bibi, whom they once adored, make a decision to have him/her put to sleep by a veterinarian. When, repulsed by the request, the veterinarian refuses to perform the simple procedure, the husband and wife are forced to kill Poor Bibi themselves in a frenzied, brutal manner: For we soon forget what we do, in the human desperation of doing it. The ordinarily gentle and civilized couple then confront us, the audience: And you, you damned hypocrites, what will you do with yours? -- Joyce Carol Oates.

SKU: SU.30190015

Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone; 1.0.1.0; 0.0.0.0; pno; 1.1.1.0 Duration: 25' Libretto: Joyce Carol Oates Composed: 1999-2002 Published by: Parsonage Press SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged married couple, burdened with the increasing ill-health and irascibility of their Poor Bibi, whom they once adored, make a decision to have him/her put to sleep by a veterinarian. When, repulsed by the request, the veterinarian refuses to perform the simple procedure, the husband and wife are forced to kill Poor Bibi themselves in a frenzied, brutal manner: For we soon forget what we do, in the human desperation of doing it. The ordinarily gentle and civilized couple then confront us, the audience: And you, you damned hypocrites, what will you do with yours? -- Joyce Carol Oates.