1. CHATTERBOX 00:01:25 LIVELY CONVERSATIONS AT DARK WOODEN TABLES AND RAGGED SAXOPHONE FRAGMENTS CONDENSE INTO A BUSY MURMUR. THICK CLOUDS OF SMOKE ARE HANGING OVER EVERYTHING. A FREE-ASSOCIATING BEBOP SOLO ON THE ALTO SAXOPHONE FUELS THE ATMOSPHERE.

2. THE BUTLER'S SECRET 00:02:17 THE KILLER IS ALWAYS THE GARDENER, THEY SAY. OR IS THE BUTLER HIDING A DARK SECRET? LONELY, DRAWN-OUT CELLO TONES ACCOMPANY IMAGES OF HUMAN ABYSSES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DILEMMAS. COLD, SCRATCHY, SERIOUS.

3. THE SWALLOW'S FLIGHT 00:00:47 HUNDREDS OF SWALLOWS FLY IN CRAZY FORMATIONS IN AN ENDLESS CASCADE OF MANEUVERS IN THE COLORLESS, DENSELY CLOUDED AUTUMN SKY. BUOYANT SOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOLO.

4. THE DANCERS 00:01:26 SCULPTURE IN MOTION: TWO DANCERS FLY GRACEFULLY ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR WITH THEIR LIMBS INTIMATELY INTERTWINED. SPIRITED ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO.

5. THE BELLOWS 00:00:34 A BLACKSMITH IN A HEAVY BLACK LEATHER APRON FUELS THE EMBERS OF A FIRE WITH SLOW STROKES OF AN IMPRESSIVE BELLOWS. MEDITATIVE, LONG LOW REGISTER NOTES ON THE DOUBLE BASS.

7. PAPER PLANES 00:02:07 NOTES LEAVE THE SAXOPHONE'S HORN ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND FILL THE SPACE LIKE PAPER PLANES, CROSSING EACH OTHER IN THEIR TRAJECTORIES AND THEN DESCENDING TO THE GROUND. SLIGHTLY BREATHLESS ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO.

8. BLUE ALLEY 00:01:59 TUESDAY. RAINDROPS FORM PUDDLES IN A NARROW ALLEY BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF HOUSES. MELANCHOLIC SOPRANO SAXOPHONE PLAYING.

9. FANFARE FOR KAFKA 00:03:51 IN THE SO-CALLED PAWLATSCHENHÄUSER, POPULAR IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND AUSTRIA AROUND 1900, PAWLATSCHEN, A TYPE OF OUTDOOR BALCONIES, PROVIDE ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS. SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WITH A SLIGHTLY MOURNFUL UNDERTONE.

10. EXTRABLATT 00:01:12 FIRE! IN FRONT THE EYES OF ONLOOKERS, HOSES ARE ROLLED OUT ON THE GROUND. AFTER A FEW PUMP STROKES, THEY FILL WITH WATER, WHICH – THANK GOD! – MAKES THE INFERNO STOP. ALTO SAXOPHONE FOR DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND OTHER URGENT MATTERS.

11. SALTY DOG 00:02:24 CELLO IMPROVISATION WITH A SEARCHING VIBE. A CELLO GLISSANDO THAT MEANDERS THROUGH ALL THE REGISTERS BECOMES STEADILY MORE CONSISTENT AS IT PROGRESSES.

12. FLEABAG 00:01:31 A FLOPPY-EARED OLD DOG SNIFFS HIS WAY THROUGH ALLEYS FULL OF JUNK AND PICKS UP ALL KINDS OF SCENTS. ODD AND SLIGHTLY ASKEW TENOR SAXOPHONE IMPROVISATION.

13. HEDGEHOG HOUSEKEEPING 00:01:36 A HEDGEHOG HAS NESTED INSIDE A PILE OF LEAVES AND IS BUSY RUSTLING AROUND LEAVES AND TWIGS. PERFORMATIVE AND PERCUSSIVE PLAYING ON THE CELLO.