Revenge Before Breakfast

Description

Piccolo, Güiro, Clarinet in Bb, Maracas, Xylophone, Triangle, Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbal, Violin, Wood Block, Cello, Cowbell, Piano — Revenge Before Breakfast is a alert piece, of spatial chamber music or three isolated duos: piccolo/clarinet, xylophone/vibraphone and violin/ cello. A solitary accordion plays at times when the duo musicians switch to percussion Instruments.The mini-schedule of events includes plotting sessions, inconclusive arguments and synthetic nostalgias. It was premiered in November 1982 at Cal Arts by the California E.A.R. Unit. Recorded in Poncho Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, February 12, 1986.