Brandon, Jenni % Chrysos - BSN/PN

Chrysosfor bassoon and pianoby Jenni Brandon (b. 1977) - American composer Chrysos for bassoon and piano by Jenni Brandon explores the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly which lives and migrates across North America.  The work, in one movement, has five sections that tell the story of this cycle.  The Butterfly:  The work begins with the adult butterflies taking flight and moving from flowers and milkweed as they begin their long migration flight. Along the way the butterflies lay eggs on milkweed plants, often travelling in a dreamy cloud of butterflies.  Egg: The section begins with a mysterious bassoon solo as the keeper of the secret of the milkweed nursery of newly laid eggs. There is ecstatic joy in this section as the egg begins to change and prepares to hatch two to five days later.  Caterpillar (Larva) – Molting and Eating Milkweed: Now the caterpillar molts as it eats milkweed, heard in the wiggling gestures of the bassoon. Within this section are “instar” stages, the in-bet