Sophora secundiflora, also known as Texas Mountain Laurel, is a native evergreen ornamental tree, valued for its handsome, dark green foliage and lush lavender blooms. The lacquer red seeds were valued by indigenous people for ceremonial use; they contain the highly poisonous alkaloid cytisine (or sophorine), a substance related to nicotine and widely cited as a narcotic and hallucinogen.

Instrumentation

Flute and Fixed Media

OR

Clarinet and Fixed Media

OR

Violin and Fixed Media

Performance Duration

8’30”