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 play by 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
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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 |
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