MAI THE ARTISTRY OF AKIRA IFUKUBE 3 AKIRA IFUKUBE ORCHESTRAL WARKS

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/Prelude

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/The slaves of Salome, Jews, Nazarenes, etc.

Where is Salome? Where is the Princess?

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/Enter Salome

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/Herod, Salome, Herodias 1

I am Waiting Until My Slaves Bring Perfumes To Me and the Seven Veils and Take From Off My Feet My Sandals. (Slaves Bring Perfumes and The Seven Veils and Take the Sandals Off Salome)

I am ready, Tetrach. (Salome dances the dance of the seven veils.) Second dance

I am ready, Tetrach. (Salome dances the dance of the seven veils.) Fourth dance

I am ready, Tetrach. (Salome dances the dance of the seven veils.) Sixth dance

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/The Executioner goes down into the cistern.

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/A Huge Black Arm, the Arm of The Executioner, Comes Forth from the Cistern, Bearing on a Silver Shield the head of Jokanaan.

I Will Not Look at Things. I Will Not Suffer Things to Look at Me. Put Out the Torches. Hide the Moon.

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/The slaves Put Out the Torches. The Stars Disappear. A Great Cloud Crosses the Moon and Conceals it Completely. The Stage Becomes Quite Dark. The Tetrach Begins to Climb the Staircase.

Kill that Woman!

Ballet 'SALOME' (1948/87)/The Soldiers Rush Forward and Crush Beneath Their Shields Salome, Daughter of Herodias, Princess of Judea.