The Food Of Love … words and music
Claire Bloom, narrator
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
with piano accompaniment ...
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I
Pan
Music: Syrinx Claude Debussy
for flute alone
Text: Syrinx from Metamorphoses Ovid
II
The Blackbird
Music: Le Merle Noir O. Messaien
Text: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Wallace Stevens
III
From Asia
Music: Haru no Umi Michio Myagi
for flute and piano
Flute and Drum Under the Setting Sun Tan Mi Zi
for flute alone
Japanese folk tune R. Taki
for flute and piano
Text: Poems from the Japanese and Chinese trans. Kenneth Rexroth And Ezra Pound
IV
A Midsummers Night Dream
Music: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Felix Mendelssohn
(excerpts, transcribed for flute/piano)
Text: A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare
Intermission
V
Sports and Amusements
Music and Text: Sports et Divertissements Erik Satie
for piano and narrator
VI
The Song of Bilitis
Music: Chanson de Bilitis Claude Debussy
for flute, piano, narrator
Text: Poems Pierre Louys
VII
Scherzi
Music: Pennywhistle Jig Henry Mancini
Baby Elephant Walk
Speedy Gonzales
Pie in the Face Polka
Text: English Nonsense Rhymes Various