Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri

A solo performance work begun in 1974 Recorded April 1975 / RCA Italiana Studios, Rome Notes/Side A: a cat (« Kama ») purring, toy piano, piano, Mio Hani (a five year old Japanese girl) counting in Italian; the tropical bird house of the London Zoo; children in a London schoolyard. Notes/Side B: Monologue in Italian and English, by Alexis Rzewski who tells about making a space ship together with his friend Johnny out of old junk found on Alexis' terrace; of going to the moon, of seeing a gigantic spider there, of falling into a crater and being rescued by his friend, of seeing and entering a house only to find out it was his house. Then he tells of his birthday party, of the chocolate cake his mother made, the toys he got etc… A few years later and in English he tell his version of the Trojan Wars; then of a picnic and our walking along and my recording him. "Georgia On My Mind" Hoagy Carmichael (Ascap). Dogs and crickets in La Serra di Lerici. Remastered December 2020 / Good Mixture, Berlin © 2021 The catalog numbers appear as: "BT078" on sleeve liner, spine, and labels "078" and "N° 4" on sleeve liner "no: 4" and ""and- 4" on labels Black/Orange Ananda labels. Includes printed inner sleeve with a part of score and new liner notes, written in January and February 2021. Runouts etched.