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Composed by David Blake. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. Score. 50 pages. UYMP #1240365. Published by UYMP (A0.1674733).
A Monodrama
Part one of a tetralogy
Most operatic life is born by adaptation; the very birth of drama itself seems to be in the retelling of the stories everyone already knew. How they are told, not what they are. Medea’s Cell, the first in a trilogy of modern myths, each one a monodrama, is a kind of ‘back to basics’ journey. How can you retell the oldest stories in a thoroughly modern context? How can you find the language, verbal, dramatic and musical, to contact these great archetypal, age-worn issues? Our Medea concerns a poor woman held in the holding cell on death row, the night she will die. Somewhere in my mind lingers various tragic and horrifying recent news items of women who have murdered through jealousy and love. More sickening still is the idea of the death sentence. As with any other thriller, with the clock ticking, the only question that matters in any such case is what really went on between these people? Is our protagonist innocent or guilty? And if so, guilty of what?
It has long since been clear to me that at some Lieder recitals, with exceptional performers I have witnessed some of the best acting I have seen anywhere. Eyes, word colouring, tone, intimate gestures, when astutely focused, as though performing a close-up on film, can be unbearably potent. One thing was clear from the start; we wanted these pieces, whether performed in a local hall or on an illustrious main stage, to be acted out, to be real dramas between a performer, the ensemble and their public.
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Composed by David Blake. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. Score. 50 pages. UYMP #1240365. Published by UYMP (A0.1674733).
A Monodrama
Part one of a tetralogy
Most operatic life is born by adaptation; the very birth of drama itself seems to be in the retelling of the stories everyone already knew. How they are told, not what they are. Medea’s Cell, the first in a trilogy of modern myths, each one a monodrama, is a kind of ‘back to basics’ journey. How can you retell the oldest stories in a thoroughly modern context? How can you find the language, verbal, dramatic and musical, to contact these great archetypal, age-worn issues? Our Medea concerns a poor woman held in the holding cell on death row, the night she will die. Somewhere in my mind lingers various tragic and horrifying recent news items of women who have murdered through jealousy and love. More sickening still is the idea of the death sentence. As with any other thriller, with the clock ticking, the only question that matters in any such case is what really went on between these people? Is our protagonist innocent or guilty? And if so, guilty of what?
It has long since been clear to me that at some Lieder recitals, with exceptional performers I have witnessed some of the best acting I have seen anywhere. Eyes, word colouring, tone, intimate gestures, when astutely focused, as though performing a close-up on film, can be unbearably potent. One thing was clear from the start; we wanted these pieces, whether performed in a local hall or on an illustrious main stage, to be acted out, to be real dramas between a performer, the ensemble and their public.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: Medea's Cell - Piano Reduction
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