Young-Ah Tak, piano (1st work) ; John Anderson, clarinet (2nd work) ; Wendy Zaro-Mullins, soprano, Jean del Santo, mezzo-soprano, Timothy Lovelace, piano (3rd work) ; Immanuel Davis, flute (4th, 6th works) ; Tanya Remenikova, violoncello (5th work) ; Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano (6th work)
The 1st work for piano; the 2nd for clarinet; the 4th for flute ; the 5th for violoncello.
Words to the 3rd work by Eudora Welty.
Recorded May 16-18, 2005, Ted Mann Hall, University of Minnesota.
The 3rd work sung in English.
Wizards : three magic masters (8:31) -- Astral-- : a mirror life on the astral plane (8:54) -- Virgie Rainey : two narratives for soprano, mezzo and piano (11:42) -- Valse romantique (4:29) -- "Tanya" poems. Couplet ; Sestina (12:25) -- "Bubble-up" rag : concertpiece for flute and piano (9:32)