Instrumentation

1(=picc).1.2.1 - 2110 - perc(1): drum kit (+SD)/BD (+ped)/hi-hat cym/susp.cym/TD/tgl/mcas/siz.cym/tpl.bl/tamb/swanee whistle - pno - strings (11111)

Availability

Score, parts & film print (35mm, DVD PAL, DVD NTSC, Digibeta PAL & Digibeta NTSC) for hire

Programme Notes

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance Director: Charles Chaplin Production Company: Mutual USA, 1917 Duration: 22 minutes Film Print: B&W print available from Faber Music (Film Speed: c.20 frames per second) Premiere with Davis's score: 2003, Kuala Lumpur 16 or 17 Players: l(=picc).1.2.l - 2.1.1.0 - perc(l or 2) inc. drum kit - pno - single strings (1.1.1.1.1) Charlie, a clumsy waiter, poses as Sir Cecil Seltzer when he goes roller-skating in his lunch break and saves Edna from the advances of heavyweight Mr Stout. Based on 'Skating', one of the Fred Karno stage sketches in which Charlie appeared.

The Rink

Lichfield Cathedral (Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom)

Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis

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matinée

MaiHof (Lucerne, Switzerland)

21st Century Orchestra/Ludwig Wicki

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evening performance

MaiHof (Lucerne, Switzerland)

21st Century Orchestra/Ludwig Wicki

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Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA, USA)

Glendale Youth Orchestra/Brad Keimach

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No Venue (Lucerne, Switzerland)

21st Century Orchestra/Ludwig Wicki