A trio of superb half-hour works commissioned as a response to the bicentenary of the death of Mozart. Three leading composers were teamed up with key film directors to collaboratively explore the legacy of the renowned artist. The three works are musically innovative, visually beautiful and often quite iconoclastic. Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, whose work has been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, teams with British director Peter Greenaway to create M is for Man, Music and Mozart. Set in a 16th century anatomy theater with its references to Hogarth, the work explores the mysteries of the letter M, the creation of Man and its apotheosis as Mozart, in a powerful jazz/funk fusion ot text, choreography and song. Austrian musician Mathias Ruegg and his acclaimed Vienna Art Orchestra collaborate with fellow Austrian director Ernst Grandits on N-T M-zart. Ruegg draws upon themes from Mozart's string quartets for the orchestra's jazzy deconstruction. Woven throughout N-T M-zart is a satirical thread about the overwhelming presence of Mozart in contemporary life. The famous Austrian confection, Mozartkugel, is the launching pad for this series of sight/site gags. Austrian H.K. Gruber, known for his musical "Frankenstein" and his "Cello Concert for Yo Yo Ma," pairs with British director Barrie Gavin in Bring Me the Head of Amadeus. The unreachable stature of Mozart inspires a dark dream for a contemporary composer. The dream, filled with black humor, follows Mozart's skull as it travels around the imaginary land of Mazartistan. Gruber plays and sings most of the roles with German punk chanteuse Nina Hagen doing the voice of Mozart's skull.