This piece, which was commissioned by the  Milwaukee Symphony and whose second word is a verb and not a plural noun, recalls an (*) Act III scene in an opera in  which a character motions to a forty-foot-tall portrait and beckons it to come to life.
The composer of this work claimed that listeners were free to imagine the singer of the aria "distinguished guests, I have  attended many feasts" playing the piano at this work's end, which is played as though a gramophone is winding down. In  the middle of this work, the strings play repetitive chords to a beat set by woodblock, depicting a woman who shows up  uninvited to an official banquet, hangs paper lanterns, and sways seductively. This piece, which was commissioned by the  Milwaukee Symphony and whose second word is a verb and not a plural noun, recalls an (*) Act III scene in an opera in  which a character motions to a forty-foot-tall portrait and beckons it to come to life. For 10 points, name this "Foxtrot for  Orchestra," an "outtake" from Nixon in China in which Mao serenades his wife, by John Adams.
The composer of this work claimed that listeners were free to imagine the singer of the aria "distinguished guests, I have  attended many feasts" playing the piano at this work's end, which is played as though a gramophone is winding down.
The Chairman Dances