Score & Part
The Flight of the Cornish Dog : for solo spoken voice and chamber orchestra / text: David Gale ; music: Frank Millward.
Library shelf no. 783.9654/MIL 1 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
Excerpt from the music theatre work
Dining With Alice, a magical, if topsy-turvy, dinner
party in the exquisite gardens of a 15th century moated manor
house in rural Norfolk.
The audience of 256 unsuspecting diners were invited to follow in
Alice's footsteps and find themselves in Wonderland in the
company of the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and even Alice
herself in all her various sizes.
All was not what it seemed as a strange evening of
tongue-twisters and riddles unfolded, culminating in a musical
entertainment under the stars.
Curiouser and curiouser, don't you think?
Work Details
Instrumentation: Solo spoken voice, trumpet in B flat, horn in F, bass trombone, keyboards, percussion, violins 1 & 2, viola, cello, double bass.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Medium-advanced
This is an ideal vehicle for a solo performer interested and skilled in spoken word performance. A kind of Rap a la Victoriana performed with a Latin-styled rhythm, which needs to be well executed to capture the pace and humour of the performance.
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