What Nobody Expected
for tenor saxophone and tape
2011, 7-10 minutes
What Nobody Expected by nissim schaulRecording by Thomas Rabaud
Live performance by Pedro Bittencourt
...Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency. Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Our *four*... no... Amongst our weapons... Amongst our weaponry... are such elements as fear, surprise - I'll come in again!
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...Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn...
(Cardinal Ximenez's obsessive elaboration, reiteration, and reinterpolation is what this piece is all about.)
Scores
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