The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi (1990)

s sax, a sax, t sax, b sax, 2 tpt, t tbn, b tbn, timp (t bells), db

Duration: c. 16 minutes

Commissioned by Moving Being Theatre Company

Incidental music for the Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster, scored for 10 musicians: saxophone quartet, brass quartet plus timpani and double bass

First performed at St Stephen’s Theatre Space, Cardiff on 14 May 1990
with Jonathan Mainwaring (trumpet), Andrew Jones (trumpet), Gwyn Daniels (trombone), Pete Smith (trombone), James Mainwaring (soprano saxophone), Nick Wilkinson (alto saxophone), Peter Stacey (tenor saxophone), Matthew Bailey (baritone saxophone), Andy Cookson (timpani), Davey Strachan (double bass)

1 Intonazioni / Lighting the Time to Come

2 Calculating Aspects of the Astrological Houses

3 A Treasury of Secrets (The Wedding)

4 Scorpions Strung On Whips

5 Near Some Great Hill

6 Canzon a Tre

7 Murder Shrieks Out

8 Diamonds Cut Diamonds

“Ten musicians play brass sonorously, threateningly, lining up at the sides of the action.. Charlie Barber’s music is one of the triumphs”
David Adams, The Guardian 22 May 1990

Score

Duchess of Malfi – full score v2 Download

Instrumental parts

Instrumental parts available at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

14 – 15.05.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space
17 – 19.05.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space
28 – 30.05.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space
07 – 09.06.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space
11 – 13.06.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space
21 – 23.06.90	CARDIFF	St Stephen’s Theatre Space

The Duchess of Malfi