Orpheus

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Synopsis

Overture
- Igor Stravinsky: Lento sostenuto from "Orpheus"

FIRST PART

The place of destiny

Orpheus, son of Apollo and Calliope
Apollo's gift: music
The sound of the violin
Apollo's lesson, Calliope's inspiration
- Igor Stravinsky: "Apollon Musagète"

On earth

Street music
Eurydice – first encounter
His concert – success and glory
Eurydice – second, definitive encounter
The accident – Eurydice lost
- Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: "Galveston" from "Orpheus the Lowdown"

Grief
powerless – despondent – despairing
- Igor Stravinsky: Apothéose from "Apollon Musagète"

Lost in Galveston
- Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: "Galveston" from "Orpheus the Lowdown"

Music regained

The music of Orpheus moves trees and rivers
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: passacaglia in G minor from the "Rosary Sonatas"

Hermes and the impossible journey
- Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: "Necessary Shadows" from "Orpheus the Lowdown"

SECOND PART

The realm of shadows

Journey to the underworld
"seperate journeys" –
Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes
- Igor Stravinsky: "Orpheus"

Orpheus in shadowland
- Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: "Noun Verbs" from "Orpheus the Lowdown"

His violin as bond

Orpheus regains Eurydice –
but must not look at her
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Lamento from the 6th sonata from the "Rosary Sonatas"

The journey back
Lover's madness forces his gaze toward Eurydice
- Igor Stravinsky: "Orpheus"

Irrevocable loss
- Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: "Eurydice" from "Orpheus the Lowdown"
On earth

The audience abandons the artist
Orpheus alone
- Igor Stravinsky: "Orpheus"