Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark 
(1992, 70’) Italian premiere / Full version
Ouverture improvisation for voice and orchestra
Dog/Meat (1983/1992) for orchestra (arr. Ali N. Askin) which includes:
The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat
Outrage at Valdez (1990/1992) for orchestra
Times Beach II (1985) for wind sextet
III Revised (1992) for string quintet
The Girl in The Magnesium Dress (1983/1992) for percussion plectrums and keyboards
Be-Bop Tango (1972/1992) for orchestra (arr. Ali N. Askin)
Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America (1992) improvisation for voice and orchestra
Ruth is Sleeping (1983/1992) for two pianos
None Of The Above (1983) for string quintet
Pentagon in Afternoon improvisation for orchestra
Questi Cazzi di Piccione for string quintet
Times Beach III (1985) for wind quintet
Welcome to the United States improvisation for voice and orchestra
Pound for a Brown/Exercise #4 (1958/1992) for orchestra (version by A. Digby)
Get Whitey (1992) for orchestra
G-Spot Tornado (1986/1992) for orchestra (arr. Ali N. Askin)
in coproduction with Fondazione Musica per Roma
in collaboration with Teatro Stabile del Veneto
Tonino Battista conductor
David Moss performer
Manuel Zurria flute, piccolo, flauto alto flute
Fabio Bagnoli oboe, English horn
Paolo Ravaglia clarinet
Francesco Bonafè bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Marco Dionette bassoon, contrabassoon
Marco Venturi, Claudia Quondam Angelo, horn
Andrea Di Mario, Antonio Mandosi, trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet
Eugenio Renzetti first trombone
Giacomo Gamberoni bass trombone
Davide Borgonovi tuba
Flavio Tanzi, Pietro Pompei, Aurelio Scudetti, percussion
Sonia Maurer mandolin
Luca Nostro guitar, banjo
Lucia Bova harp
Lucio Perotti, Giulia Tagliavia, piano, celesta, keyboard
Francesco Peverini violin 1
Filippo Fattorini violin 2
Luca Sanzò viola
Anna Armatys cello
Massimo Ceccarelli double bass, electric bass
Tommaso Cancellieri electronics, sound coordinator, stage manager
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