Instrumentation

picc(=hand bell).1.Ebcl(=ssax+cl).bcl.cbsn -1(=whistle).1(=whistle).1.1 - perc(2): BD/crot/10 or so tin cans/2 tpl.bl/whistle/gongs/tam-t/susp.cym/ped BD/guero/log drum/claves/whip/hand bell - pno(=whistle) - vlc.db

Availability

Score 0-571-52042-1 on sale, parts for hire

Reviews

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 10 March 2003 Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Dury ‘… an obstreperous, energetic miniature, in which plain and rough-hewn material was made to seem interestingly enigmatic.’ The Daily Telegraph (Ivan Hewett), 13 March 2003

Music from A House of Crossed Desires (Chamber Ensemble)

John Woolrich

£13.99

Music from A House of Crossed Desires

Bute Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom)

College Orchestra/Michael Rafferty

Music from A House of Crossed Desires

BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

Music from A House of Crossed Desires

CBSO Centre (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Drury

Music from A House of Crossed Desires

Corn Exchange (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Drury

Music from A House of Crossed Desires

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre (London, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

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'Music from a House of Crossed Desires' reviews

‘With the short fantasy drawn by John Woolrich from his 1996 chamber opera In the House of Crossed Desires, the return was made to the sphere of the grotesque, with chiming clocks, crashing pots and pans, braying clarinets and growling tuba.’ The Times (Barry Millington), 7 January 1997
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