PECULIAR PLANTS (2004) 8'
C.F.Peters
Text: Kenneth Cooper. Victoria Bond
harpsichord or piano (narrator optional)
Prem: 4/1/04; Cutting Edge Concerts, NYC
I. Strangler Fig II. Venus Flytrap III. Deadly Nightshade IV. Blushing Violet V. Ragweed

Six musical portraits of colorfully weird, menacing plant…It takes a composer of Bond's skill to work them into a vivid picture, and a player of Cooper's caliber to make the most of it. Together they had the audience laughing out loud.
- The Villager

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