The bizarre, hilarious, silent movie from 1902, TRIP TO THE MOON, was shown over 20 times this summer in Italy and France. My film score, for brass quintet, was performed live by BILLI BRASS, an excellent Italian group led by Massimo Bartoletti. Today I finished SEVEN BAGATELLES, for violin and string bass, an interesting duo. Attached is a parody for those who enjoy Italian opera (Rossini e Bellini), GLI OTTONI ALL'OPERA, for large brass ensemble and percussion. EIN SINFONISCHER SPASS (see Mozart) is a new CD of other classical parodies of mine: Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, and a lot of Stravinsky. I enjoy playing around with the music I love!
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