Prelude 2013 (plight of the honeybee)

Piano Solo – 2.5 min.

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Prelude 2013 (“the plight of the honeybee”) is obviously a reflection of Rimsky-Korsakov’s magical warhorse. But the plight of the honeybee is no joke. The title comes from a cover article in Time magazine, which began: “You can thank the honeybee for 1 in every 3 mouthfuls you’ll eat today. Honeybees — which pollinate crops like apples, blueberries and cucumbers — are the glue that holds our agricultural system together. But that glue is failing. Bee hives are dying off or disappearing thanks to a still-unsolved malady called colony collapse disorder.” We can hope that if this prelude in performed years from now, it will have a less tragic resonance.