The convergence of art and nature is a characteristic unique to the major works of R. Murray Schafer. Very fortunately, nature provided a lovely, clear autumn evening for the third of four performances in the world premiere of The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix, the most splendid and good-humored of the 12 works in Schafer's Patria Cycle, Part Eight.
The audience sat on the shores of a tiny lake near the village of Pontypool, Ont. Much happened on and under the water. La Jeunesse ...