Last Saturday, Andrew Barkan '02 presented his senior honors composition recital, "Invitation." "Invitation," an original work in six movements, was inspired by and loosely based upon "Invitation to a Beheading" by Vladimir Nabokov. Barkan's rendering of the Nabokov story consisted of a resplendent combination of saxophones, strings, brass, timpani, other percussion, a soprano soloist and a fifteen person choir (which at one point sang from various positions situated in the audience). Barkan utilized a few other interesting performance tactics including subtle and drastic lighting changes and implementing the soprano soloist as an actual 'character' in the piece.