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This work is closely modelled after Charles Ives’ “Central Park in the Dark — In the Good Old Summer Time — A Contemplation of Nothing Serious” (1898-1907) in its structure and ideas. I decided, however, to approach the piece as Ives himself might have approached it had he written it in 1983, with all the technological developments available to him. Ives was true to the musical culture and surroundings of his time, and in the same way I have used only material that is readily heard on a daily basis in our current culture and which, in fact, was largely recorded in and around Trenholme Park itself. Many thanks to my favorite studio technician at the studios at MetaMusiQuébec for technical assistance and the mix. JB