2 clarinets, 3 trombones, 3 percussions sets, toys and stereo fixed medium

Commission: SMCQ, with support from the CCA

Premiere: March 18, 1976, Concert 75, Salle Pollack — Pavillon Strathcona — Université McGill, Montréal (Québec)

To our “fleeting body, neither lasting nor stone.” — Roger Caillois

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