Demolishing all boundaries and pushing the artistic envelope beyond all expectationsUbu is one of Zorn's greatest and most outrageous creations'a bizarre musicalportrait of the subversive writer Alfred Jarry and his powerful Pataphyisical figureUbu. The Ubu plays were a powerful precursor to many of the European avantgardeexperiments of the early 20th century (Dada, Surrealism, Theatre of theAbsurd, Futurism, postmodernism) and Zorn captures the vulgar, rebellious, gluttonous,childish and revolutionary spirit of Ubu in this major new studio composition.Accompanying this work are two pieces performed by the International ContemporaryEnsemble under the direction of David Fulmer. A concerto grosso in three movementsinspired by the work of radical French poet Charles Baudelaire, and Oviri('savage' in Tahitian) a touching elegy to Paul Gauguin, the influential and complexartist who helped redefine painting in the 20th century. - CD