This is Cassandra Black's stunning performance of an aria from one of the operas I composed in the ten-part cycle "DasJati • Ten Lives of the Buddha". Almost more amazing than her performance is the fact that she remains on stage as a statue for the entire opera and only comes to life to sing this aria about 90 minutes into the work.... Chot Buasuwan, the violin soloist, was concertmaster of the Siam Sinfonietta until this year when he became resident concertmaster of my "grownup" orchestra, the Siam Philharmonic.