BRYARS - AFTER THE REQUIEM SET OF PARTS

BRYARS - AFTER THE REQUIEM SET OF PARTSI had written the Cadman Requiem in 1989 for the Hilliard Ensemble in memory of my friend and sound engineer Bill Cadman, who was killed in the Lockerbie air crash. His death affected me very deeply and, pending a recording of this piece, Manfred Eicher asked if I might like to develop an instrumental work from this, using the same instrumentation for accompaniment and retaining the same opening bars as part of a new ECM album. The piece is "after"

Fujiko is a feature for either soprano or tenor saxophone which initially explores the low register of the instrument before embarking on a journey upwards

Contents: Minuet in G Major

"Ives' adaptation maintains the original's dazzling plot while communicating Feydeau's playful use of language to an American audience

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The nearsighted mayor decides to mete out justice with a gun (but succeeds only in wounding an innocent bystander)

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and drum kit is available separately for jazz quartet accompaniment

taking advantage of the confusion raised by the horseless and irate outlaws

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