For a change, here is something from my other life as a composer. I have a backlog of hundreds of musical pieces, some of which I may upload to the blog in coming months.
Back in 2002 I played King Priam in a university production of Jean Giraudoux’s Tiger at the Gates (Christopher Fry’s translation of La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu). I was also able to indulge my temporary aspiration to be the next Miklós Rózsa by composing and recording a score of incidental music for this epic play of the events leading to the Trojan War.
Here is my overture to the play, unheard since the original production. The recording is not of the highest fidelity, and intentionally shrill during the martial introduction. But once the guitar and flute kick in (picture an ancient Trojan temple, indolent beauties in flowing robes, grapes, etc) things are a lot more listenable.
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