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Program note:​

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In João Guimarães Rosa's immortal novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, the jagunço Riobaldo Tatarana journeys to a crossroads to make a pact with the Devil. The sounds and images of this piece evoke that scene—one of the most powerful in world literature.

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Text by Ravi Kefi

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