music        news/events        bio        contact        recordings Parrots • withdrawn 1984 sopranino recorder descant recorder piccolo oboe clarinet in Eb percussion    bass drum, cans, chains, ratchet, whistle, wire mesh 2 violins viola cello duration 8' one movement an exercise in controlled cacophany after a fall visit to the parrot houses in Regent's Park Zoo – late in the day, early winter, and hundreds of parrots shrieking as the light dimmed