David Smooke, toy piano (1st, 5th works) ; Karl Larsen, piano (2nd work) ; loadbang (3rd work) ; Lunar Ensemble (4th work) ; Michael Parker Harley, bassoons (6th work) ; Peabody Wind Ensemble ; Harlan Parker, conductor (1st work)
The 1st work for toy piano and wind ensemble; 2nd work for piano; 3rd work for baritone voice/percussion, bass clarinet, trumpet, and trombone; 4th work for soprano, alto flute, clarinet, cello, and piano ; 5th work for toy piano with looping pedal; 6th work for bassoon and 3 recorded bassoons.
1st-5th works recorded Peabody Institute.
6th work recorded University of South Carolina.
Vocal works sung in English.
Nutshell studies of unexplained death (15:48) -- Transgenic fields, dusk (15:04) -- A baby bigger grows than up was. Vol. I. A to breathing / based on a story by Michael Kimball, writing as Andy Devine (5:01) -- Some details of hell / based on a poem by Lucie Brock-Broido (11:36) -- down.stream (14:37) -- 21 miles to Coolville (8:31)