Sex and Death at Covent Garden
Sex and Death at Covent Garden is an installation event for chamber orchestra. Taking as its starting point a few musical fragments from Gluck’s opera Orfeo, the work explores eighteenth century stylistic and structural ideas. The musicians are constantly re-distributed, splitting into mobile groups to create a wide range of spatial effects.
Section 1: Intrada; Allegro I; Recitative + Aria; Allegro II; Cadenza
Section 2: Quartetto; Adagio; Ritornello; Passacaglia
Section 3: Allegro III; Cadenza
Music + direction: Charlie Barber
Musicians: Ruth Watson (oboe), Bethan Thomas (oboe), Matthew Bailey (sax), Merlin Shepherd (sax), Katherine Gifford (trumpet), Gwyn Daniels (trombone), John Abendstern (timpani), Charlie Buchanan (viola), Steven Callow (cello), Alexandra Robinson (cello), Michael Bell (double bass)
Lox Coxhil: soprano saxophone
Performance texts: David Hughes
Video production: Mike Stubbs
Technician: Trisha Webb
Construction: Paul Kennedy
Administrative co-ordinator: Peter Reynolds
Commissioned by Chapter Arts Centre with funds provided by the Welsh Arts Council
Produced by the New Arts Consort
Calendar
02.05.86 | CARDIFF | National Museum of Wales |
17.05.86 | NOTTINGHAM | Midland Group |
With the financial support of: Arts Council of Wales, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Reviews

Performance Magazine, Issue 42, July/August 1986 p 36-37
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