duration: ca. 30:00, Instrumentation: 002(bcl:bcl)0/2000/4 perc/hpd(cel)/str (vla I, II; vc I, II; cb) I. The Epiplectic Bicycle ¥ II. The Gashlycrumb Tinies III. The Doubtful Guest ¥ IV. The Inanimate Tragedy
Entertaining concert piece using four stories and their accompanying illustrations by Edward Gorey. First performed February 15, 2003 in Duncan Recital Hall, Houston. Rachel Buchman, narrator; Samuel Getchell, trombone; Adam Dinitz, english horn and members of the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra; James Gaffigan, conductor.