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| Title | Tristesse de la Folie |
| Contributors |
Derek Ball (composer) John Mitchell (author) Derek Ball (author) |
| Composition date | 2007 |
| Duration (mins) | 19 |
| Category | chamber opera theatre |
| Instrumentation | S M-S Bar B / 2 Hn Str |
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| Programme Note | One of the tragedies of the human condition is that so many of our aspirations are doomed to be thwarted. Another is that so many of our relationships are fated to be mutually destructive. And hovering like a vulture over this bleak landscape, the spectre of madness awaits its moment to strike like a viper. We follow the parallel progress of star-crossed but self-absorbed lovers in the 18th and 21st centuries, and our motivation is schadenfreude. I'm afraid it doesn't turn out well for anyone! |
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