I sort of joked about it here. Or, well, I suggested it sounded like fodder for jokes. But I read somewhere that “it worked”.

You can watch a time lapse video and hear some of the music of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus & Euridice here.

The Olympic pool thing is just unattractive to me. But what do I know?

A P.S.: Just so any readers don’t misunderstand this … I DO like the piece. Quite a lot, actually. Even though it’s for clarinet and not oboe. 😉