‘Ades ear for subtly-layered orchestral sonorities is astonishing.’ The Times
Instrumentation
3(III=picc).3.3(I in Bb.II in A.III in A=bcl).2.cbsn(=bsn) – 4331 – timp – perc(3): glsp/xyl/2 susp.cym/antique.cym/hi-hat/SD/2 kit BD/BD/small rototom/3 brake drums/tam-t/tgl/3 tpl.bl/small rattle/Monkey drum/small whip/vibraslap/guero/high bongo/washboard/tamb/popgun – harp – pno – strings
Availability
Score and parts for hire
See also Luxury Suite from Powder Her Face and Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face
Reviews
'This is Ades at his most fantastical (scarifying textures and curdled harmonies) holding up a distorting mirror to the scandalous and unseemly and thoroughly relishing the imagery in his mind’s eye.'
Independent (Edward Seckerson), 11 January 2012
'A melange of foxtrots and waltzes which sometimes appears raunchy, sometimes delicate and mysterious.'
The Telegraph (Ivan Hewett), 2 June 2010
'Transcriptions that cunningly transfer the sleazy brittleness of the opera's original ensemble scoring on to a full orchestral canvas to create a three-movement sequence haunted by faded, exhausted dance forms'
The Guardian (Andrew Clements), 10 January 2012