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Listen: A Bao A Qu by Mason Bates

Hear the full performance of Mason Bates' piece by the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Payare.

Each of the eleven movements of Bates' Anthology of Fantastic Beats conjures up a mythical creature from Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, including the tower-dwelling beast, A Bao A Qu.

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