Birtwistle: Punch and Judy

Libretto: Stephen Pruslin

Übersetzer: Iris Brendel

UE14191

Type: Klavierauszug

Languages: Englisch (Großbritannien)

Format: 250 x 340 mm

ISBN: 9783702443764

Pages: 248

ISMN: 979-0-008-04419-9

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Harrison Birtwistle based his full-length one-act piece on traditional county fair entertainment, working together with American pianist Stephen Pruslin, a long-time London resident. Composer and librettist created a stylised and ritualistic theatre piece in which the aggression and violence of the traditional material and Punch’s love for Pretty Polly are juxtaposed. Birtwistle’s music is a tour de force from the outset; Punch’s smile is simultaneously a terrifying grin, a father’s tenderness towards his baby is a murderous gesture as he throws the infant into the fire.

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