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John Casken (Composer) | Donald Michael Thomas (Text writer) | Alexander Puschkin (Author of original text)
Deadly Pleasures
for narrator and instrumental ensemble
Text from D. M. Thomas' book 'Ararat' based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin
saxophone, trumpet, piano, violin and amplified narrator
The title Deadly Pleasures was suggested by the content of D.M. Thomas’s dramatic poem on an imagined episode in the life of Cleopatra. Cleopatra offers any three men from her royal court a night of unbridled passion, in return for which they must forfeit their lives the next morning. Three men step forward, the last of which (unbeknownst to all) is the son she had by her brother Ptolemy, whom she gave away at birth. Unaware that Cleopatra is his mother he gives her wine laced with the drug mandragora and escapes his grisly death before daybreak.
The music of Deadly Pleasures skilfully captures the diff erent episodic moods of the text as the journey unfolds, and the three characters live out their diff erent fates.
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This work’s title comes from DM Thomas’s dramatic poem on an imagined episode in the life of Cleopatra. Cleopatra offers any three men from her royal court a night of unbridled passion, in return for which they must forfeit their lives the next morning. Three men step forward, the last of which is the son she had by her brother Ptolemy, whom she gave away at birth. Unaware that Cleopatra is his mother, he gives her wine laced with mandragora and makes his escape before daybreak.
The grisly tale provided the composer many opportunities for dramatic characterisation. The use of a narrator necessitated an episodic structure in which the music captures the atmosphere suggested by the text, and mirrors the different moods as the journey unfolds and the three characters live out their different fates.
Orchestral Cast
ssax(tsax)-tpt-pno-vln
More Information
Title:
Deadly Pleasures
for narrator and instrumental ensemble
Text from D. M. Thomas' book 'Ararat' based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin
Edition:
Partitur
Brand:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2009
Playing time:
25 ′
Premiere:
June 7, 2009 · Ulverston (UK)
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Counterpoise with support from the PRS Foundation, the RVW Trust and The Holst Foundation
Series:
Title:
Deadly Pleasures
for narrator and instrumental ensemble
Text from D. M. Thomas' book 'Ararat' based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin
Language:
English
Edition:
Partitur
Brand:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2009
Playing time:
25 ′
Premiere:
June 7, 2009 · Ulverston (UK)
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Counterpoise with support from the PRS Foundation, the RVW Trust and The Holst Foundation
Series:
Title:
Deadly Pleasures
for narrator and instrumental ensemble
Text from D. M. Thomas' book 'Ararat' based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin
Language:
English
Edition:
Partitur
Brand:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2009
Playing time:
25 ′
Premiere:
June 7, 2009 · Ulverston (UK)
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Coronation Hall
Ulverston Festival 2009
Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Counterpoise with support from the PRS Foundation, the RVW Trust and The Holst Foundation
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
ED 13530
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3446-3
Product number:
ED 13530
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3446-3
Weight:
0,28 kg
Pages:
72
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Product number:
ED 13530 Q19663
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3446-3
Pages:
71
File format:
(PDF / 919.91 KB)
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