ARABICA
Music by Peter Rose. Lyrics and Narration by Anne
Conlon
In Arabica Rose and Conlon bring us another powerful
message that demands urgent attention.
Synopsis
Rose and Conlon's latest work looks at
the international coffee market to show how developing
countries are simply pawns in the money games played
by the major industrial powers. Although we are encouraged
to be more conscientious consumers, we still buy basic
commodities at the supermarket with barely a thought
to how they got there. The attractive, shiny coffee packets
we choose disguise the fact that the people growing and
picking this coffee are paid virtually nothing, that
their countries are bankrupt and are at the mercy of
the World Bank or the IMF. and yet how can it be that
just about everyone else - coffee merchants, companies,
speculators - profit from the enterprise?
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Instrumentation:
3 flutes (1st
db. piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon,
2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, baritone saxophone, 3 trumpets,
horn, 2 trombones, E flat bass, percussion, harpsichord,
piano, acoustic guitar, cello, bass guitar
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