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Smiling Immortal is the poetess Sappho’s description of the goddess Aphrodite. The work is in three parts. The first, the longest, describes the emergence of the new gods and the castration of Cronos by his wife Rhea. The second part describes the birth of Aphrodite following the washing ashore of the genitals on Cyprus. The final section describes Aphrodite’s love for the god of war, Ares. The work is scored for ensemble amplification and tape. The score for this work was commissioned by The London Celebrations Committee for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. It was first performed by Ballet Rambert in July 1977 with choreography by Norman Morrice and designs by John Macfarlane.