The concert suite presented here is formed of sections from the melodrama “The Stamp King”, which premiered at the Wigmore Hall in London in December 2010 with pianist Bengt Forsberg and Cellist Mats Lidström, narrated by Sir Terry Waite.
1. Ouverture
Introductory music describing the joy and drama that make the story of The Stamp King.
2. Promenade 1
With his old friend Alfred Nobel – inventor of the dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes – and a new acquaintance, the great Brazilian footballer Pelé, the English King George V, who is the Stamp King, enters Nobel’s stamp for a formidable view of the Giza pyramids.
3. Despair
Having escaped the captivity of Ramses, George and Nobel believe they have lost Pelé in the rubble of the collapsed pyramid.
4. Flashing weapons and hooves of terrified horses. George experiences love at first sight. With Malika, Queen of Sheba, he walks into a beautiful field where, in the midst of a sea of poppies, they embrace for the first time. Then a rumbling sound in the distance… Two armies marching from opposite directions. George realises that they are witnessing the beginning of the battle at Waterloo!
5. Promenade 2
Sent to their deaths by Ramses II, the three friends are frog-marched to one of the pyramids. At one point the brutal guards make Nobel fall over. ‘The sand is hotter than the sun’, he says quietly when he feels the sand on the palms of his hands.
6. Song for Jerusalem
The music laments the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple 70 AD. Nobel speaks of the brutality of Titus, the Roman commander.
7. A shaky trip in the postal van.
The post box is emptied and all the envelopes slide into the postman’s sack for a shaky trip to the Sorting Office. But the last stop is worth the trouble: the atmosphere is bustling and every stamp character is ready to party and make new friends.
Contents
1. Ouverture
2. Promenade 1
3. Despair
4. Flashing weapons and hooves of terrified horses.
5. Promenade 2
6. Song for Jerusalem
7. A shaky trip in the postal van.
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