“The Trepang Fishers” is a novel written by Emilio Salgàri in 1896. Set in the seas of Papua and along the Australian coasts, it tells the story of a group of Dutch sailors who, in an attempt to get rich by fishing the valuable trepang (which is nothing more than the sea cucumber, also known as holothurian), come into contact with dangerous and ruthless cannibal Aboriginal tribes. Filippo Ledda translates Salgàri’s story into music within the space of a single day. The composition, divided into...