Fra Diavolo Orchestre d'harmonie De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie SKU: BT.DHP-1043529-140 The Great Classics. Transcr...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043529-140
The Great Classics.
Transcription. Score
Only. Composed 2004. 16
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043529-140. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043529-140).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The French
composer Daniel
François Esprit Auber
(1782-1871) witnessed
many important
developments in the
history of music ? from
Luigi Cherubini to
Richard Wagner. His
extensive output
consisted mainly of
operas, but unfortunately
today only two of these
are still well known,
including the comic opera
Fra Diavolo. The story
concerns Fra Diavolo, a
famous Italian bandit and
soldier from the late
18th and early 19th
centuries, and is one of
crime, lust and
treachery. The overture
has a classical structure
and is filled with
striking themes and
motifs and has a
particularly unusual
introduction (for the
time) with the snare drum
taking the leading
role!
De Franse
componist Daniel
François Esprit Auber
(1782-1871) heeft
belangrijke
ontwikkelingen in de
muziekgeschiedenis
meegemaakt: van Luigi
Cherubini tot Richard
Wagner. Zijn uitgebreide
oeuvre bestaat
voornamelijk uit
opera’s, waarvaner
nu nog maar twee bekend
zijn, waaronder het
komische werk Fra
Diavolo. Het verhaal over
Fra Diavolo, een beroemde
Italiaanse roverhoofdman
en soldaat, is er een van
misdaad, begeerte en
verraad. De ouverture
heeft een klassiekeopbouw
met opvallende
thema’s en
motieven en heeft een
(voor die tijd) wel heel
ongebruikelijke
inleiding: de kleine trom
speelt een solistische
rol!
Die
Ouvertüre zu Aubers
komischer Oper Fra
Diavolo hat eine
klassische Form mit
leicht wieder erkennbaren
Themen, klaren Bildern
und deutlichen Motiven -
sehr passend zu einer
ebenfalls
einprägsamen,
turbulenten Handlung voll
von Gerichtsvollziehern
und Dieben!
Unsentimentale, reizvolle
Musik, die auch in der
Transkription von Wil van
der Beek das Publikum in
ihren Bann ziehen wird!
Fra Diavolo Orchestre d'harmonie - Intermédiaire/avancé De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-1043529-010 The Great Classic...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043529-010
The Great Classics.
Transcription. Set (Score
& Parts). Composed 2004.
16 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043529-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043529-010).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The French
composer Daniel
François Esprit Auber
(1782-1871) witnessed
many important
developments in the
history of music ? from
Luigi Cherubini to
Richard Wagner. His
extensive output
consisted mainly of
operas, but unfortunately
today only two of these
are still well known,
including the comic opera
Fra Diavolo. The story
concerns Fra Diavolo, a
famous Italian bandit and
soldier from the late
18th and early 19th
centuries, and is one of
crime, lust and
treachery. The overture
has a classical structure
and is filled with
striking themes and
motifs and has a
particularly unusual
introduction (for the
time) with the snare drum
taking the leading
role!
De Franse
componist Daniel
François Esprit Auber
(1782-1871) heeft
belangrijke
ontwikkelingen in de
muziekgeschiedenis
meegemaakt: van Luigi
Cherubini tot Richard
Wagner. Zijn uitgebreide
oeuvre bestaat
voornamelijk uit
opera’s, waarvaner
nu nog maar twee bekend
zijn, waaronder het
komische werk Fra
Diavolo. Het verhaal over
Fra Diavolo, een beroemde
Italiaanse roverhoofdman
en soldaat, is er een van
misdaad, begeerte en
verraad. De ouverture
heeft een klassiekeopbouw
met opvallende
thema’s en
motieven en heeft een
(voor die tijd) wel heel
ongebruikelijke
inleiding: de kleine trom
speelt een solistische
rol!
Die
Ouvertüre zu Aubers
komischer Oper Fra
Diavolo hat eine
klassische Form mit
leicht wieder erkennbaren
Themen, klaren Bildern
und deutlichen Motiven -
sehr passend zu einer
ebenfalls
einprägsamen,
turbulenten Handlung voll
von Gerichtsvollziehern
und Dieben!
Unsentimentale, reizvolle
Musik, die auch in der
Transkription von Wil van
der Beek das Publikum in
ihren Bann ziehen wird!
Fra Diavolo Orchestre d'harmonie De Haske Publications
Concert Band SKU: BT.DHP-1043529-040 The Great Classics. Transcription. S...(+)
Concert Band
SKU:
BT.DHP-1043529-040
The Great Classics.
Transcription. Set (Score
& Parts). Composed 2004.
16 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1043529-040. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1043529-040).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
French
composer Daniel
François Esprit Aubers
extensive outputconsisted
mainly of operas, but
unfortunately today only
two of theseare still
well known, including the
comic opera Fra Diavolo.
The storyconcerns Fra
Diavolo, a famous Italian
bandit and soldier from
the late 18th and early
19th centuries, and is
one of crime, lust and
treachery. The overture
has a classical structure
filled with striking
themes and motifs with a
particularly unusual
introduction (for the
time) with the snare drum
taking the leading
role!
De ouverture
van Fra Diavolo,
een komische opera van de
Franse componist Daniel
François Esprit Auber
(1782-1871), heeft een
klassieke opbouw. De
gebruikte thema’s
zijn zeer herkenbaar en
roepen duidelijke beelden
op. Signaalmotievenzijn
rijkelijk aanwezig - en
deze mogen natuurlijk ook
niet ontbreken als het in
de handeling gaat over
rovers en gendarmes. De
inleiding is voor Aubers
tijd bijzonder ge
nstrumenteerd: de kleine
trom speelt een
solistischerol!
Di
e Ouvertüre zu Aubers
komischer Oper Fra
Diavolo hat eine
klassische Form mit
leicht wieder erkennbaren
Themen, klaren Bildern
und deutlichen Motiven -
sehr passend zu einer
ebenfalls
einprägsamen,
turbulenten Handlung voll
von Gerichtsvollziehern
und Dieben!
Unsentimentale, reizvolle
Musik, die auch in der
Transkription von Wil van
der Beek das Publikum in
ihren Bann ziehen wird!
16 Arias, Chansons, Couplets and Ballades from 7 Operas. By Giacomo Meyerbeer. E...(+)
16 Arias, Chansons,
Couplets and Ballades
from 7 Operas. By Giacomo
Meyerbeer. Edited by
Peter Kaiser. For Bass
(Choir Voice)/Baritone
(Choir Voice). Opern,
franz., Opern, ital.
(French Opera, Italian
Opera). Singing Score;
Playing Score
(paperbound). Published
by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben
(German import).
Soldiers' Chorus Orchestre d'harmonie - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1155637-010 From 'Faust'(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1155637-010
From 'Faust'.
Composed by Charles
Francois Gounod. Arranged
by Wil van der Beek.
Great Classics.
Classical. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2015. De
Haske Publications #DHP
1155637-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1155637-010).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The tale of
Faust, who sold his soul
to the devil in exchange
for knowledge and power,
has been a source of
inspiration for many
authors, poets, film
directors and composers.
Among these is the French
composer Charles Gounod
whose opera
Faustwas first
performed in 1859. This
charming
Soldiers’
Chorus is one of the
most famous melodies from
the opera. Its musical
simplicity and beauty
fits any concert
programme that needs a
well-known classical
arrangement.
Het
verhaal van Faust, die
zijn ziel aan de duivel
verkocht in ruil voor
kennis en macht, is een
rijke bron van inspiratie
geweest voor onder
anderen schrijvers,
dichters, regisseurs en
componisten. Zo ook voor
de Franse componist
Charles Gounod, diezijn
opera Faust in
1859 in première zag
gaan. Het fraaie
Soldatenkoor is een van
de beroemdste
melodieën uit deze
opera. De muzikale
eenvoud en schoonheid
ervan maakt het een
geschikte klassieke
aanvulling op elk
concertprogramma.
Die Geschichte von Faust,
der als Gegenleistung
für Wissen und Macht
seine Seele an den Teufel
verkaufte, diente
zahlreichen
Schriftstellern,
Dichtern, Filmregisseuren
und Komponisten als
Inspirationsquelle. Zu
ihnen zählt auch der
französischeKomponist
Charles Gounod, dessen
Oper Faust 1895
erstmals aufgeführt
wurde. Der bezaubernde
Soldiers’
Chorus
(Soldatenchor“)
zählt zu den
bekanntesten Melodien
dieser Oper. Durch die
musikalische Schlichtheit
und Schönheit des
Stückeseignet es sich
bestens für jedes
Konzertprogramm, das ein
bekanntes klassisches
Arrangement beinhalten
soll.
Soldiers' Chorus Orchestre d'harmonie - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1155637-140 From 'Faust'(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1155637-140
From 'Faust'.
Composed by Charles
Francois Gounod. Arranged
by Wil van der Beek.
Great Classics. Score
Only. Composed 2015. 14
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1155637-140. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1155637-140).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The tale of
Faust, who sold his soul
to the devil in exchange
for knowledge and power,
has been a source of
inspiration for many
authors, poets, film
directors and composers.
Among these is the French
composer Charles Gounod
whose opera
Faustwas first
performed in 1859. This
charming
Soldiers’
Chorus is one of the
most famous melodies from
the opera. Its musical
simplicity and beauty
fits any concert
programme that needs a
well-known classical
arrangement.
Het
verhaal van Faust, die
zijn ziel aan de duivel
verkocht in ruil voor
kennis en macht, is een
rijke bron van inspiratie
geweest voor onder
anderen schrijvers,
dichters, regisseurs en
componisten. Zo ook voor
de Franse componist
Charles Gounod, diezijn
opera Faust in
1859 in première zag
gaan. Het fraaie
Soldatenkoor is een van
de beroemdste
melodieën uit deze
opera. De muzikale
eenvoud en schoonheid
ervan maakt het een
geschikte klassieke
aanvulling op elk
concertprogramma.
Die Geschichte von Faust,
der als Gegenleistung
für Wissen und Macht
seine Seele an den Teufel
verkaufte, diente
zahlreichen
Schriftstellern,
Dichtern, Filmregisseuren
und Komponisten als
Inspirationsquelle. Zu
ihnen zählt auch der
französischeKomponist
Charles Gounod, dessen
Oper Faust 1895
erstmals aufgeführt
wurde. Der bezaubernde
Soldiers’
Chorus
(Soldatenchor“)
zählt zu den
bekanntesten Melodien
dieser Oper. Durch die
musikalische Schlichtheit
und Schönheit des
Stückeseignet es sich
bestens für jedes
Konzertprogramm, das ein
bekanntes klassisches
Arrangement beinhalten
soll.
Accordion (keyboard) - Intermediate SKU: MB.97210 Composed by David DiGiu...(+)
Accordion (keyboard) -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.97210
Composed by
David DiGiuseppe. Style,
Squareback saddle stitch,
Tunebooks, Piano
Accordion, Celtic /
Irish, Folk, European,
World. Acoustic Music.
Book. 112 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #97210.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.97210).
ISBN
9780786648009. UPC:
796279062350. 8.75 x
11.75 inches.
An
extensive collection of
reels, jigs, hornpipes
and polkas from the
French Canadian, Cape
Breton, Scottish,
Shetland, New England,
and Southern Old-Time
Traditions arranged for
the piano accordion.
Written with the beginner
as well as the advanced
player in mind, the
arrangements are complete
with ornamentation,
fingering, left-hand
notation and chord
symbols. Appropriate for
any G clef
instrument.
Brass Band (Score & Parts) - Grade 3 SKU: HL.44012861 Composed by Mykola ...(+)
Brass Band (Score &
Parts) - Grade 3
SKU:
HL.44012861
Composed
by Mykola Dmytrovich
Leontovych. Arranged by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Christmas. Softcover.
Composed 2005. Anglo
Music Press #AMP134-030.
Published by Anglo Music
Press (HL.44012861).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
The
Ukrainian Bell
Carol is part of a
large choral work
entitled Shchedryk by the
Ukrainian composer Mykola
Dmytrovich Leontovych
(1877-1921). The tune is
an adaptation of an old
'shchedrivka', a song
traditionally sung on
Ukrainian New Year's Eve
(January 13th) which
hopes for good fortune in
the year to come. The
tune has since been the
inspiration for at least
four different Christmas
carols, of which Carol
of the Bells is the
most famous. Philip
Sparke has sourced the
original Ukrainian melody
to create this stirring
arrangement.
The <
em>Ukrainian Bell
Carol is part
of a large choral work
entitled Shchedryk by the
Ukrainian composer Mykola
Dmytrovich Leontovych
(1877-1921).
The
tune is an adaptation of
an old 'shchedrivka', a
song traditionally sung
on Ukrainian New Year's
Eve (January 13th) which
hopes for good fortune in
the year to come. The
tune has since been the
inspiration for at least
four different Christmas
carols, of
which Carol of
the Bells is
the most famous. Philip
Sparke has sourced the
original Ukrainian melody
to create this stirring
arrangement.
D
e Ukrainian Bell
Carol is onderdeel
van het grote koorwerk
Shchedryk van de
Oekraiense componist
Mykola Dmytrovich
Leontovych (1877-1921).
De melodie is gebaseerd
op een 'shchedrivka', een
lied dat van oudsher
werdgezongen op de
Oekraiense oudejaarsavond
(13 januari). In
Shchedryk voegde
Leontovych de tekst toe
over de legende die
vertelt dat bij de
geboorte van Jezus alle
klokken op aarde begonnen
te luiden. Sindsdien is
deze melodiede
inspiratiebron geweest
voor ten minste vier
verschillende Christmas
carols, waarvan Carol
of the Bells de
beroemdste is. Voor dit
meeslepende arrangement
heeft Philip Sparke
echter de oorspronkelijke
Oekraiense
melodiegebruikt.
D
as Ukrainian Bell
Carol (Ukrainisches
Glocken- Weihnachtslied)
ist Teil eines grossen
Chorwerkes namens
Shchedryk vom
ukrainischen Komponisten
Mykola Dmytrovich
Leontovych. Sein Text
handelt von der Legende,
die besagt, dass zu Ehren
von Jesu Geburt alle
Glocken lauteten. Aus der
Melodie entstand unter
anderem auch das bekannte
Carol of the Bells
von Peter J. Wilhousky.
Philip Sparke griff fur
seine bewegende
Bearbeitung jedoch auf
die originale ukrainische
Melodie
zuruck.
Ukraini
an Bell Carol
constitue une des parties
de l'œuvre chorale
Shchedryk du
compositeur ukrainien
Mykola Dmytrovich
Leontovich (1877-1921).
La melodie s'inspire d'un
vieux chant traditionnel
ukrainien
(shchedrivka)
chante le Jour de l'An
(celebre le 13 janvier,
conformement au
calendrier julien) dans
l'espoir que l'annee a
venir se presente sous de
bons hospices. A
l'ecriture de
Shchedryk, Mykola
Leontovich a choisi de
changer les paroles. Il
opte pour la legende
selon laquelle, toutes
les cloches des eglises
se sont mises a
carillonner joyeusement
pour annoncer la
naissance de Jesus. La
melodie du chant a
inspire au moins quatre
noelsdifferents. Carol
of the Bells en est
la version la plus
celebre. Elle a ete
adaptee en 1936 (texte et
melodie) par Peter J.
Wilhousky (1902-1978)
d'apres la version
originale de Mykola
Leontovich. Philip Sparke
s'est base sur la melodie
du chant traditionnel
ukrainien pour realiser
cet arrangement brillant
et petillant.
Ukrainian Bell
Carol costituisce una
delle parti dell'opera
corale Shchedryk del
compositore ucraino
Mykola Dmytrovich
Leontovich (1877-1921).
Il testo narra una
leggenda secondo la quale
le campane delle chiese
si sono messe a suonare
per annunciare la nascita
di Gesu. La melodia di
Leontovich ha ispirato
almeno quattro canti
natalizi diversi. Carol
of the Bells di Peter
J.Wilhousky e la versione
piu celebre. Philip
Sparke ha scelto di
ispirarsi alla melodia
originale del canto
tradizionale ucraino
(shchedrivka) per
realizzare questo
brillante
arrangiamento.
Opera SKU: HL.50499148 Dialogo Drammatico - Musicale In Un Atto. C...(+)
Opera
SKU:
HL.50499148
Dialogo Drammatico -
Musicale In Un Atto.
Composed by Corghi A.
MGB. Contemporary Music.
Score Only. Composed
2006. Ricordi #NR139224.
Published by Ricordi
(HL.50499148).
SKU: CA.2091900 Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Helmut Lauterwasse...(+)
SKU: CA.2091900
Composed by Heinrich
Schutz. Edited by Helmut
Lauterwasser. This
edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Schutz; Hymns by Martin
Luther: Litanei. Kyrie
eleison. Sacred
concertos, Sacred vocal
music, Psalms. Full score
(complete edition /
selected edition). 368
pages. Carus Verlag #CV
20.919/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2091900).
ISBN
9790007171711.
Volu
me 19 of the Schutz
Complete Edition brings
together 21 very
different compositions
from various phases of
Schutz's compositional
output. The spectrum
ranges from a short,
two-part sacred concerto
to a six-part cyclical
psalm setting and
large-scale polychoral
concerto, from well-known
works such as the
Osterdialog to a
completely unknown
madrigalian composition,
full of emotion, to a
simple chorale setting. A
particular challenge was
posed by the ten works or
versions of works which
survive incomplete. Two
of these, the Christmas
concerto Ach Herr, du
Schopfer aller Ding SWV
450a and Ein Kind ist uns
geboren SWV 497, appear
here for the first time
in print. With both of
these it turned out that
it was possible to
reconstruct the missing
parts fully from
available material. For
the Ultima Verba Psalmi
23, Gutes und
Barmherzigkeit SWV 95 and
the two Nunc dimittis:
Herr, nun lassest du
deinen Diener SWV 432 and
433, the editor's
reconstructions are
presented, and likewise
with the chorale movement
In dich hab ich gehoffet,
Herr SWV 446. The
impressive Easter dialog
Weib, was weinest du SWV
443 is one of the works
which survives
incomplete. In order to
give an impression of how
the whole work might
actually have sounded in
the complete form as
planned by Schutz, the
Appendix to the volume
contains a reconstruction
of the four-part vocal
setting of the missing
final chorus, based on
the surviving figured
bass. The magnificent
Gesang der drei Manner im
feurigen Ofen (Song of
the three men in the
burning fiery furnace)
SWV 448 from the book of
the prophet Daniel, the
original source of which
is lost, is critically
discussed and published
with various
possibilities for
scoring.
Voice and Piano - intermediate SKU: HL.50603593 Ed. crit. R. Parker-R....(+)
Voice and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.50603593
Ed.
crit. R. Parker-R. Ward -
Riduzione per canto e
pianoforte. Composed
by Gaetano Donizetti.
Ricordi. Softcover.
Composed 2020. Ricordi
#CP14161600. Published by
Ricordi (HL.50603593).
ISBN 9788881920709.
UPC: 840126945102.
8.0x10.5x1.3 inches.
Italian-English.
Do
nizetti's Lucrezia Borgia
was premiered at Milan's
Teatro alla Scala on 26
December 1833 and is
considered one of the
composer's most important
and innovative operas of
the 1830s. Although,
because of censorship
issues, particularly in
the south of Italy, it
was initially slow to
become popular, by the
late 1830s it had become
one of the composer's
most popular operas, both
in Italy and abroad, and
remained an essential
part of the composer's
oeuvre until at least the
end of the nineteenth
century. Remarkable for
its daring subject matter
(with an unconventional,
forceful heroine), it is
also renowned for its
challenging mixture of
the comic and the tragic,
something very unusual at
the time and clearly an
important influence on
Giuseppe Verdi's middle
period masterpieces. The
present reduction for
voice and piano derives
from the critical edition
of the score, recently
published in this
catalog: is based on
Donizetti's autograph
manuscript (housed in the
Ricordi Archives in
Milan), on the libretto
for the premiere, on
several printed editions
of voice and piano, and
on numerous additional
scores of the period. It
presents for the first
time all the numerous
additions that the
composer made to the
score over the course of
ten years: a fascinating
record of his changing
music dramatic attitudes
during this period. There
is also a synthetic
historical reconstruction
of the genesis of the
opera and of the
description of the
Sources as well as a
selection of most
interest to singers of
Critical Commentary
Notes.
Rappresenta
ta per la prima volta al
Teatro alla Scala il 26
dicembre 1833, Lucrezia
Borgia e considerata una
fra le piu importanti e
innovative opere di
Donizetti. Sebbene le
resistenze della censura,
soprattutto nel sud
Italia, ne causarono
inizialmente una lenta
diffusione, dalla fine
degli anni '30
dell'Ottocento essa
divenne uno dei lavori
piu popolari e
significativi del
compositore e tale rimase
fino alla fine del XIX
secolo. Notevole per il
suo audace soggetto (con
un'eroina non
convenzionale e dalla
forte personalita) essa e
rinomata anche per
l'impegnativa commistione
di comico e tragico, un
tratto piuttosto inusuale
per l'epoca, che ebbe una
chiara influenza sui
capolavori verdiani di
meta secolo. La presente
riduzione per canto e
pianoforte e condotta
sull'edizione critica
della partitura, da poco
pubblicata in questo
stesso catalogo: si basa
sul manoscritto autografo
di Donizetti (conservato
presso l'Archivio Storico
Ricordi di Milano), sul
libretto della prima
rappresentazione, su
alcune riduzioni a stampa
per canto e pianoforte e
su varie altre fonti
dell'epoca. L'edizione
presenta per la prima
volta tutte le aggiunte
che il compositore
apporto alla partitura
nel corso di dieci anni,
costituendo
un'affascinante
testimonianza dei
mutevoli approcci di
Donizetti alla materia
drammatico musicale
durante questa fase della
sua carriera. Il volume
comprende una sintesi
della ricostruzione della
genesi storica dell'opera
e della descrizione delle
fonti e una selezione di
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(26 Arrangements of Opera Favorites). By Various. Arranged by Joel Lish. For Str...(+)
(26 Arrangements of Opera
Favorites). By Various.
Arranged by Joel Lish.
For String Quartet.
Quartets. Advanced. Set
of 4 parts. Published by
Middle Fiddle Music
Vocal SKU: HL.49002726 Vocal Score. Composed by Sir Michael Tippet...(+)
Vocal
SKU:
HL.49002726
Vocal
Score. Composed by
Sir Michael Tippett. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical, Opera. Piano
reduction. Composed
1973-1976. 358 pages.
Duration 70'. Schott
Music #ED 11253.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49002726).
ISBN
9781495076602. UPC:
073999930863.
8.75x11.5x1.128 inches.
English -
German.
Splintered
and rich in reference as
Tippett's operas are in
their music and in their
text, they carry at their
heart a glowing
confidence in the power
ofhuman beings to find a
centre and, from that
centre, to sing. In The
Ice Break that confidence
has a global reach. The
settings are anonymous:
an airportlounge, a
hospital, the street. For
the first time since The
Midsummer Marriage,
Tippett uses a chorus,
here to represent the
mass of humanity, whose
divisions are pointed in
the central cast:
divisions between
generations, between
sexes, between races,
between exile and native.
Lev arrives in a new
world to join his wife
Nadia, who had emigrated
with their baby son,
Yuri. Also at the airport
are Yuri's girlfriend
Gayle and her friend
Hannah, there to meet the
black 'champion',
Olympion together with
his fans. Out of a series
of violent tensions,
individual and
collective, there
develops a riot in which
Olympion and Gayle are
killed and Yuri is
near-fatally wounded.
Nadia dies peacefully.
During an interlude in
which a group attempts a
psychadelic 'trip', the
messenger, Astron, is
mistaken for God - a
claim he dismisses
ironically. Yuri is
operated on by Luke, a
young doctor, and,
released from the
cracking plaster, he
finds reconciliation with
his father.(Paul
Griffiths)