The Music of Cindy Cox

Cañon (2010)
for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, two bassoons, two trumpets, trombone, and bass trombone

I. Headlong
II. Tender, Nostalgic
III. Strong, Punchy

[Four Studies of Light and Dark] (1989)
for piano and percussion

I. Frame
II. Very fast, hysterical
III-IV. Sostenuto
V. Savagely
VI. Frame

Hishuk ish ts’awalk [All Things are One] (2014)
for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano

I. Resonant and fragile
II. Swaying, swirling—Dark, brooding
III. Silvery and lilting
IV. Forceful
V. Resonant and fragile

INTERMISSION

Scenes from The Road to Xibalba (2023, World Premiere)
for narrator, four singers, large chamber ensemble, and field recordings

Day 1: Kej (Narrator)
Day 2: Q’anil (Little Blood and the Skull)
Day 3: Toj (Narrator, Little Blood, and the Owl)
Day 4: Tz’i’ (Xmucane and Blood Woman)
Day 5: B’atz (Hunahpu, Xbalanque, and the Rat)
Day 6: E (Narrator)
Day 9: Tz’ikin (Blood Woman, Xmucane, Hunahpu, and Xbalanque)
Day 16: Iq’ (Narrator, Hunahpu, and Xbalanque)