Pimooteewin (The Journey)

2008

Composer:
Melissa Hui

Librettist:
Tomson Highway

Performance forces:
sop, ten, narrator/actor — fl, ob, perc, vln, vla, vc, bass

Length:

Languages:
Cree

Notes:
The story tells how Weesageechak and Misigoo visit the dead spirits of their loved ones and try to bring them back to the world of the living in a basket. However, the dead souls escape and eventually return to the land of the spirits.