La Passion selon Guignol (1982)
by Paulo C. Chagas

La Passion selon Guignol   [The Passion according to Punch]  (1982)

for amplified vocal quartet (SATB) and orchestra
composed in collaboration with Henri Pousseur
length: 25:00”
text: Goethe, Gérard de Nerval, Christopher Marlowe, William Blake and Michael Butor
commissioned by Electric Phoenix, London, UK
FP: February 24, 1983, Liège, Belgium, Conservatory Hall; Electric Phoenix: Judith Rees, soprano, Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano, Daryl Runswick, tenor, Terry Edwards, bass; John Whiting, sound projection; Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège conducted by Pierre Bartholomée



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