Informationen zu "Mats Lidström Artist: Lasse Paulsson The Stamp King: Concert Suite for Cello and Piano Cello & Piano"
Verlag: CelloLid.com
Verlagsnummer: CL131
EAN: 9790708113317
ISMN: M-708113-31-7
Beschreibung
The concert suite presented here is formed of sections from the melodrama
'The Stamp King', premiered at the Wigmore Hall in London in December 2010
with pianist Bengt Forsberg and Cellist Mats Lidström, narrated by Sir Terry
Waite. My story about the Stamp King adventures first appeared in book
form, beautifully illustra-ted by my best friend Lasse Paulsson, a
professional clarinetist and, I hasten to add, an artist in every sense. The
drawings which adorn the pages of this volume are taken from that book. The
suite does not follow the story line. Instead, the position of the movements
is based on musical content. Each movement is introduced with a few lines
from the story for the purpose of helping the musicians set the mood. Those
few lines are not meant to be read to the audience. No weight needs to be
given to the story. I have not extracted the music to create a mini
melodrama. SYNOPSIS: The characters of postal stamps such as kings and
queens, authors, painters and athletes, spend their time on envelopes in
letter boxes and in the sorting office at the post office. Unknown to people
of the normal world, these characters wander freely in and out of any stamp.
Friendship and love across the ages make for wonderful possibilities. Sudden
and unexpected danger is rare but present in the world of the stamps. The
main character, George V, is the Stamp King. With his two fellow companions
Pelé and Alfred Nobel, he enters a stamp of the Giza pyramids. Pelé wrecks
the Sphinx to the state as we know today, and they are soon captured and
brought to the feet of Ramses II. From the depths of one of the pyramids our
friends manage not only to escape but also reduce it to rubble by means of
Nobel's dynamite. They just about make it back to their respective stamps
before the letter box is emptied, followed by a shaky trip in the postal van.
At the sorting office, George falls in love with Malika, Queen of Sheba.
Unknowingly, they enter a stamp which soon changes from a beautiful field of
poppies on a hot summer's afternoon into the Battle of Waterloo. George
fights a violent swords duel with the Roman commander Titus. They fall out of
their Belgian stamp and into one where Mozart is busy performing his 17th
piano concerto in G major. (see front cover). Florence Nightingale pleads
with George and Titus to stop, but only the appearance of the Duke of
Wellington saves George at the very last moment. Back at the sorting office
and the other stamp characters, George and Malika decide to walk into a stamp
of their choice and disappear to a place where they can love each other
forever. 1. Ouverture Introductory music describing the joy and drama
that make the story of The Stamp King. 2. Promenade 1
With his old friend Alfred Nobel - inventor of the dynamite and founder of
the Nobel Prizes - and a new acquaintance, the great Brazilian
footballer Pelé, the English King George V, who is the Stamp King,
enters Nobel's stamp for a formidable view of the Giza pyramids. 3.
Despair Having escaped the captivity of Ramses, George and Nobel
believe they have lost Pelé in the rubble of the collapsed pyramid.
4. Flashing weapons and hooves of terrified horses. George
experiences love at first sight. With Malika, Queen of Sheba, he walks
into a beautiful field where, in the midst of a sea of poppies, they
embrace for the first time.Then a rumbling sound in the distance? Two
armies marching from opposite directions. George realises that they are
witnessing the beginning of the battle at Waterloo! 5. Promenade 2
Sent to their deaths by Ramses II, the three friends are frog-marched
to one of the pyramids. At one point the brutal guards make Nobel
fall over. 'The sand is hotter than the sun', he says quietly when he
feels the sand on the palms of his hands. 6. Song for Jerusalem
The music laments the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple 70 AD. Nobel
speaks of the brutality of Titus, the Roman commander. 7. A
shaky trip in the postal van. The post box is emptied and all the
envelopes slide into the postman's sack for a shaky trip to the
Sorting Office. But the last stop is worth the trouble: the
atmosphere is bustling and every stamp character is ready to party
and make new friends.
