The Story of a Magnificent Banquet

[NB, this piece uses extremely strong language, violent and sexual imagery throughout - if you are easily offended please do not watch.]

The Story of a Magnificent Banquet (2008)
by Matthew Lee Knowles

performed by:
Joshua Kaye (speaker)
Matthew Lee Knowles (piano)

recorded, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2008

first performed at Cafe Oto (curated by Mikhail Karikis)
10th September 2008
Neil Luck (speaker)
Matthew Lee Knowles (harpsichord)

also performed at the Guildhall New Music Festival
October 2008
Joshua Kaye (speaker)
Laonikos (piano)

This piece uses text by the Marquis De Sade, specifically "120 Days Of Sodom", written in 1785 (or "The Romance of the School of Libertinage") the latter part of which is divided into 4 parts, each detailing 150 passions (simple, complex, criminal, murderous)
the piece is therefore is 4 sections, opening up De Sade's text, giving slightly more detail, identity and meaning in each section.

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[latinojuan]

??Mumbling??

[matthewleeknowles]

The Story of a Magnificent Banquet

Matthew Lee Knowles

August/September 2008

Edited text of '120 Days of Sodom'

Marquis De Sade

[text to be spoken as quickly as possible, to last no longer than 7`30``]

a priest, another priest, a third priest, a fourth priest, a fifth priest, a monsignor, an impotent old man, a man, a man, a man, a young man, a man, a man, a man, an elderly priest, a priest, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, a man, another man, a general, a man, a man......

[freepdeez]

Woah!