Joseph Bates

Like the image of Al Uzza, the mythical godess from ancient Jordan, Dominique Lemaitre's work highlights dynamic and color contrasis, violence and meditation.Percussion finds its place here, at times...

Cello and orchestra. 2.1(+ca).1(+clB).2 / 2.2.0.0 / 2perc / strings

8 cellos and orchestra. 2(picc).2(ca)2.2 / 2.1.1.0 / 2perc / strings

Orchestra. 2(+1picc).2(1ca).2(1clB).2 / 2.2.0.0 / timb(+perc) / strings

Libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain. This passionate tale of an opera singer on a nostalgic and mysterious voyage down the Amazon was premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 1996. In Spanish.