Year
1989
Genre
Orchestra
Duration
30'
Movements
I. The Space Ship Lands (tape); II. Prelude; III. The Shaman Dance; IV. The Hunt for the Scapegoat; V. Donny's Skarade; VI. Donny's Dream; VII. Dream Interlude (includes taped voices); VIII. Jo Ann's Dreamsong; IX. Love Scene for Jo Ann and Pelegrin; X. Paradise Dance; XI. The Beating-Out of the Scapegoat (the Bad Old Year); XII. Ringing in the New Year; XIII. The Space Ship takes off again (tape)
Instrumentation
3(I-III=picc).2.corA.1.bcl.asax.tsax.barsax(=ssax).2.dbn - 4.2.3.1 - 5perc-hrp-egtr-bgtr - 4.4.4.4.2 (min) - tape
Dedication
Graham Modlen
Premiere
San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 January 1990: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Muhai Tang (cond.)
Publisher
Source
Schott website; BMIC website;