Harrison Birtwistle, Punch and Judy, 1.act scenes (2001)

[fodsaks]

Dim the lights, put on some Birtwistle and read H.P. Lovecraft... That's an experience!

[lovesGenet]

I wonder if his scores are difficult to read. Antiphonies is great.Would love to see wht page looks like.

[fredericfranc]

They did not get the plot for this out of "Baby and child care" by Dr. Benjamin Spock (no, not from the "Star Trek"). This looks very promising right off the bat, try putting it on in the U.S., well, maybe not, kinda too advanced... Has this been recorded?...the music holds up way better than Shostakovich' "Lady...".

[fremsley001]

At 2:39 did he mean to throw the doll into the bin first time, and missed?

[leporello56]

@fremsley001 he missed :P

[CurtisMateer]

Like Carter he seems to have given a bit of a neo-classical polish to Varese, but emphasised different aspects of the Frenchman than E.C. I admire what he has accomplished.

[trees1]

This the my favourite 'song' among the whole opera.

[sptfgpn]

Yes, it is quite catchy, isn't it?

[mltg32]

iconic..

[lesmizzle]

ugghh...

[russelbourbaki]

i did that with my sister's doll once when i was

a kid, now i feel inspired to do it again

[Sweatybus]

one of the greatest and defining operas of the 20th century.

[jamesaellis]

you can see why benjamin britten left in disgust!

[pofacimo]

Yup. Jealousy.

[LoneConformist]

Well, Britten would have liked the part from :43 to :50... Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[SecretTheatre]

Britten did no such thing. I know for a fact (from people who were at the first performance) that that never happened, it's a myth.

[sptfgpn]

Britten absolutely refused to pay for the choc-ices during the interval. The fucker.

[akkipetti]

Good acting by the way, :)

[akkipetti]

Why are there disable comments and ratings on some other Harrison Britwistle stuff? Is he scared that people might say that its shit? Or maybe people could say that this kind of music is really random and does not serve any purpose whatsoever. Its like free jazz. Expression of yourself is a great thing.

Doesnt mean that other people should witness that though. I like expressing myself by wanking off for example. What IS the point of this music??? Please someone reply!!! Thank you.

[ajdicks]

the point is many people rotate between opiates, tranquilizers, stimulants, and hallucinagens and this is the soundtrack to that lifestyle. you and i are just far too square, heh heh.

[BlueCougar]

indeed.