Music in the 1920s

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Music in the 1920s (1979)

cl, vln, perc, pno

A cabaret of Rags, Blues and Tangos and thoer pieces composed in the Jazz Age, many of which are already classics of 20thth Century music, that recalls the Dada-crazed Paris and Berlin of the period.

Darius MilhaudSaudades do Brasil
Igor StravinskyRagtime for Piano
Klabund / Dress“Juvenile Deliquent”
Igor StravinskyThree Clarinet Pieces
Erik SatieSonatine Bureaucraticique
Erik SatieJe te veux
Brecht / Eisler“There’s Nothing Quite Like Money”
Brecht / WeillThreepenny Opera Suite

First performed by the New Arts Consort at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff on 13 July 1979
with Paul Noden (clarinet), Mark Thomas (violin), Roger Grey (percussion), Kelvin Leslie (piano) and Caroline Lamb (dancer / chanteuse)

Direction + design: Charlie Barber

Choreography: Tamara McLorg

Lighting: Paul Jones

Costumes and wigs: Ann Fowler

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Performances

13.07.79CARDIFFSherman Theatre, Arena
19.07.79LONDONThe Tramshed
05.08.79BUILTH WELLSWyeside Arts Centre
08.08.79CARDIFFChapter Theatre
08.09.79BRIDGWATERArts Centre

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