Commissioned by the California Symphony and premiered in 2006.

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Program Note:

A funny, absurd, farcical work about being good humored and silly at a point beyond sobriety, before drunken. The work celebrates the type of uninhibited, even embarrassing, behavior that can only happen after a few drinks. It is the kind of behavior that one starts to regret on the day after. The work is riddled with musical jokes and gags that leave audiences laughing out loud.