EVA (a ballet in 3 acts) op.481 (March 1996)

Commissioned by: Gothenburg Opera House
Instrumentation: 2222cbsn 4420 4pc - harp - piano/cel - strings
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Note on Lyrics: Scenario by Robert North and Howard Blake
Duration: 90 mins
First Performance: March 8th 1996 Gothenburg Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conducted by the composer. Solo Violin Katerina Andreasson
(March 8,12,13,14)

Notes

The score consisted of both original and existing music, using passages from the Violin Concerto, Benedictus, Piano Quartet and Toccata

Reviews

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Howard Blake has created hauntingly original music. His style is tonally rich, dramatic, rhythmically focussed. The orchestra sounds marvellous under his baton.

Svenska Dagbladet, 11/3/1996

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Howard Blake's music takes the leading role in this ballet. It is imaginative, finely balanced and beautiful to listen to...

Gothenburg Post, 10/3/1996

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The ballet is as much Howard Blake's triumph as North's. His score daringly carries us to the heights that he and North have chosen to venture upon. By any standards on the world stage of dance anywhere this is a major achievement.

Nicholas Dromgoole, The Sunday Telegraph, 1996

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