Original commissioned by The Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts. Chamber orchestra version commissioned by The Williamsburg Symphonia.

  • 2(II:pic).2.2(II:bcl).2/4.3.3.1/timp.3perc/str
  • 1.1.1.1/3.1.1.0/timp.perc/str
  • Narrator
  • 24 min
  • Victoria Bond, Bob McGrath and Anne Sperry McGrath
  • English

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Synopsis
A princess loses her golden ball in a well and strikes a deal with a "frog" to retrieve it. Different families of instruments are used cleverly to highlight distinct sections of the narrative.

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