Morton Subotnick - The Last Dream of the Beast

The Last Dream of the Beast (1978, revised 1982 & 1984) Joan La Barbara, soprano Erika Duke, cello Dane Little, cello Morton Subotnick, Buchla 400 Electronic Musical Instrument and “ghost“ electronics Stephen L. Mosko The Last Dream of the Beast, composed for Joan La Barbara, is a concert version of an “aria“ from the music drama The Double Life of Amphibians (composed by Morton Subotnick, directed by Le Breuer with sets by Irving Petlin). In the aria, a beast man imagines a beautiful, blind woman who fal