"This work was originally planned for a children's concert with a narrator. It's the story of a bear who wants to learn to sing." "From page 37 on different groups of instruments are asked to repeat given material for a certain length of time (marked in the score by a wavy line) ..."--P. [iii]. The material to be repeated is printed on the 6 p. at end of score. "Auftragskomposition von/commissioned by Tatsuo Inada; UA/Première: Musikhochschule Nürnberg, November 2003." Duration: 12:00-14:00. Biographical and performance notes in German and English, preceding score. Publisher's no.: Furore Edition 2546.