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Gavin Higgins: A Monstrous Little Suite for orchestra [Printed Music for Hire]
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Catalogue Number
NMP1362
For Orchestra
90-page A4 wire-bound Conductor's Score and 30 x A4 saddle-stitched Parts
Duration: c.20 mins
ISMN No: 979-0-708229-12-4
The Monstrous Child is an opera based on the book of the same name by Francesca Simon. It tells the story of Hel, the half-goddess half-corpse daughter of Loki – and Norse goddess of the dead. Teenage girl from the waist up, but putrid and rotting from the waist down, Hel is banished to the underworld by the fearful gods and forced to rule the ungrateful dead. However, along with her monstrous brothers, Fenrir the Wolf and Jormungandr the Snake she is fated to kill the gods and destroy the world – and even a goddess can’t change her fate… It’s impossible to squeeze all of the musical themes from the opera into a coherent twenty-minute orchestral piece, but I hope I’ve managed to capture the essence of the opera – the humour, the romance, the drama – in this Monstrous Little Suite. 1.) Slither, Plop, Out I Come! is drawn from scene 1 in which the giantess – and wife of Loki – Angrboda, gives birth to her three monstrous children. 2.) Hel Is In Love is taken from scene 5 which sees Hel fantasying about the beautiful god Baldr – the one god who showed her any kindness and whom she is now convinced is in love with her. 3.) Hel’s Fate and Ragnarock comes from scene 6 when Hel finally accepts her fate, the Wolf and Snake break free, and the world is destroyed in Ragnarok. 4.) Bìum, Bìum, Bambaló is a spiteful lullaby sung by the giantess Angrboda to her monstrous children in scene 2, and the suite end with, 5.) Stop Fighting! Or I’ll Smash Your Skulls! – the first musical interlude in the opera from scene 1 in which the teenage Wolf and Snake get into a scrap! I. Slither, Plop, Out I Come! II. Hel Is In Love III. Hels’s Fate and Ragnarok IV. Bìum, Bìum, Bambaló V. Stop Fighting! Or I’ll Smash Your Skulls! © Gavin Higgins
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