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the Acrobat's Smile

from the suite
Les Saltimbanques
inspired by Rilke's fifth Duino Elegy
which was inspired by Picasso's 1905 painting,
La Famille de Saltimbanques (Les Bateleurs)

Les Saltimbanques

is one section of a work-in-progress
Angels and Acrobats

(a jazz ballet inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies)

music composed and arranged by Bill Noertker
and performed by
  Noertker's Moxie
Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone
David Slusser - soprano saxophone
Niels Myrner - drums
Bill Noertker - double bass
 
copyright © 2001 William Noertker
all rights reserved

recorded live to 2-track DAT by Karen Stackpole
Stray Dog Recording Services

15 April 2001