But if so there is the greater mystery of why IGI happened to light on that particular Stockhausen piece apparently at random. Truly His Eminence moves in mysterious ways.
I'd love to claim that the Inquisition is all-knowing and was trying to lead the rest of you to the answer, but it really was a bit of a fluke>
Now, bbm's quartet: Anything to do with works based on children's stories/ rhymes? (I don't know anything about Mr Preview's piece, but it sounds as if it should be based on children's literature!)
John Tavener - Variations on "Three Blind Mice"
Derek Bourgeois - Jabberwocky
Carl Davis - The Mermaid
Andre Previn - The Giraffes Go to Hamburg