Zoo Victor Chklovski

John Corigliano did the soundtrack to the 1981 film Altered States. This was released on compact disc in 1990 by RCA Victor.

The concept behind this album, although I do not consider it a “concept album”, is its pure form of honesty, rawness, self-expression and the subconscious reality of everyday to day life. What is it that your subconscious emotions tell your conscious self/mind? How do you feel? Why do you not always express it openly?

"A Musical Zoo" with Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton is a veritable tour de force, featuring compositions spanning nearly 160 years, from Schubert’s The Trout to Shostakovich’s Once there lived a cockroach, and four languages (German, French, Russian, and English).A strong representation of the German Lieder tradition (Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms, and Richard Strauss) is balanced by the French mélodie (Fauré, Ravel) and English lyricism (Ireland, Howells). The humans seem to have an endless fascination with the animal kingdom, and animals have proved an inspiration for artists, composers and writers alike. This recital demonstrates what a rich seam this has proved for a diverse range of composers. Ashley Riches comments: "The text [of a song] may outline to us what we see. But the flutterings of Schubert’s Birds, the flicking antennae of Shostakovich’s Cockroach, the rush of notes with which Ravel’s Peacock spreads its tail – these are movements and energies accessible to music alone".

There’s excitement, drama and plenty of animal adventures in this brand new series featuring all of your favourite zookeepers and animals! There’s been a baby boom in Dublin Zoo and over the course of series you’ll be introduced to new born baby gorillas, hippos, red pandas, mangabey monkeys and many others. You’ll also meet a whole host of new animals, from tiny marmosets to tarantulas and gila monsters, and catch up with some of your old favourites, including Dublin Zoo’s troop of gorillas who are getting ready to set foot in their new rainforest habitat for the very first time.

Create 3d Characters has released Zoo Tools Pro 2.7.6, the update of its suite of productivity tools for Maya, intended to streamline everyday modelling, texturing, lighting and animation tasks. Added handy add-on Zoo Chat GPT lets you use the AI chatbot to control Maya with simple text commands.