duration:
20min
instrumentation: 3 (pic)-3-3-3/4-3-3-1/timp, 3 per/str, CD of crop circle sounds
movements: I. Winter: Ghosts of the Grasslands II. Spring: Rows of Green on Black (Farms, Not Arms) III. Summer: Night Pasture (All Cows are Sacred) IV. Fall: Field Dances and Harvest Waltz (Movements available separately)
premiere: The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Giunta, conductor; Des Moines, IA on 10/19/2002
commissioned: The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra