Robert Moran is the only composer I’ve ever interviewed to produce two sizable wine glasses and proceed to top them off (several times) with chilled vodka from his freezer. It was quite the interesting conversation. Fortunately we were talking about his mystery play-cum-puppet pageant, “Game of the Antichrist.” Bob, a good friend for many years now, turns 86 today. Happy birthday, Bob! Keep on flying high (over Albania).
An aria from Bob’s opera “Desert of Roses”
Selections from “Trinity Requiem,” for the tenth anniversary of 9/11
“Alice,” after Lewis Carroll, for Scottish Ballet
Looking groovy and introducing his “Lunchbag Opera” for the BBC
“Buddha Goes to Bayreuth”
The Antichrist Summons a Musician
“Modern Love Waltz” by Philip Glass, arranged by Robert Moran for accordion and cello
“Waltz. In Memoriam Maurice Ravel”