Deadly Pleasures

composer: John Casken
text writer: Donald Michael Thomas
author of original text: Alexander Puschkin

for narrator and ensemble

Text from D. M. Thomas' book 'Ararat' based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin

Commissioned work: Commissioned by Counterpoise with support from the PRS Foundation, the RVW Trust and The Holst Foundation
Premiere: June 7, 2009 Ulverston, Coronation Hall (UK) Ulverston Festival 2009 · Counterpoise; Johanna Lonsky, narrator
Instrumentation: saxophone, trumpet, piano, violin and amplified narrator
Orchestra instrumentation: ssax(tsax)-tpt-pno-vln
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 2009
Language: English
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