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Three Screaming Popes

after Francis Bacon
for large orchestra
Edition: Performance material
Product Type
Hire/performance material

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Description

In 1985 I went to see a stunning exhibition of Francis Bacon’s paintings at the Tate Gallery. I was particularly taken with the three Pope paintings, based on Pope Innocent X by Velázquez, and my initial idea was to write a piece which distorted a set of Spanish dances as Bacon had distorted and restated the Velázquez. In the process of writing the piece, the dances (like a first layer of paint, or an outline) became so submerged in the other textures of the piece that only a faint trace is visible – just a hint of a tango here and there. What I hope comes across is the colouristic intensity and emotional immediacy of the paintings. Mark-Anthony Turnage

Orchestral Cast

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Title:
Three Screaming Popes
after Francis Bacon
for large orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1988 - 1989
Duration:
15 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
October 5, 1989 · Birmingham (UK)
Symphony Hall
Conductor: Simon Rattle · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Feeney Trust for Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Series:
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Technical Details

Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSL 4106-01
Manufacturer:
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
55116 Mainz
Germany

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