Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom Otaka; Tadaaki and to The Zochonis Charitable

and to The Zochonis Charitable Trust for its support of this series

and the phantasmagorical sequence Traumwerk

Tim Palmer Percussion

Recording Producer: STEPHEN ADAMS

Christoph is interviewed by a stamp collecting policeman and analyzed by a psychologist

Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom Otaka; Tadaaki and to The Zochonis CharitableJudith Weir's opera, commission by Glasgow District Council for the 1990 City of Culture celebrations, takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance features a runaway bride, a singing forest and a lost sum of gold; The Disappearance tells of a man abducted by supernatural forces; and The Stranger is the story of an independent minded girl wooed by a sinister stranger. Weir's writing combines lush descriptive