Solo Flute. 5 minutes.
House on Fire, commissioned and premiered by Vancouver flautist Paolo Bortolussi, is a musical depiction of the Pure Land Buddhist Parable of the White Path, by Shan-Tao (613-681)
"Right between the fire and water, however, is a white path barely four or five inches wide.
Spanning the East and West banks, it is one hundred steps long...
What we speak of as the "east bank" is comparable to this world, a HOUSE ON FIRE."
