Robert Ashley (1930-2014)

Celestial Excursions (2003)

opera for solo voices and pre-recorded orchestra

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2003
    • Duration: 1 h 51 mn
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Robert Ashley

Detailed formation
  • 5 unspecified soloist voices

Premiere information

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support

Observations

Cette œuvre a été enregistrée et figure sur l'album Celestial Excursions (Lovely Music, 2005). 

Table of contents

Act I – "Is It Light Yet?"

  • Characters
  • Alcohol
  • Mr. Or Ms. Or Mrs. N
  • Love Letter Part 1
  • Bruno Part 1
  • Love Letter Part 2
  • Bruno Part 2
  • Subaru
  • Raoul
  • Goodbye Walnut

 

Act II – "Asylum"

  • The List
  • Asylum/Depression
  • Asylum/What About The Kids?
  • Asylum/Baguette
  • Asylum/Love That Stuff
  • Asylum/I Had It And I Lost It
  • Asylum/Before What?
  • Asylum/Recent Attendance
  • Asylum/After All The Stuff
  • Asylum/Ghosts
  • Asylum/It's Got To Be A Secret
  • Asylum/It's Only Fun
  • Asylum/I Like Q
  • Asylum/Good Idea
  • Asylum/Never On Your Mind
  • Asylum/It's Almost 10 O'Clock
  • Asylum/Ordinary Man
  • Asylum/Years Of Desire

 

Act III – "The River Deepens"

  • Ozzie Smith
  • Prelude To Therapy
  • Therapy
  • Prelude To Nightmare
  • Nightmare
  • Prelude To Grandmother
  • Grandmother
  • Prelude To Yes, I Know
  • Yes, I Know