What a Life!

Music to the bilingual internment camp revue, Douglas, Isle of Man. For middle voice(s), flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano. Also as piano suite. (1940)

Einzugsmarsch (Entrance March), Barbed Wire Song, Frauen Song (Women's Song), Die Ballade vom deutschen Refugee (The Ballad of the German Refugee), Entr'Acte, Die Ballade vom armen Jakob (The Ballad of poor Jakob), Keep Fit, Quodlibet, Besen Song (Broom Song), Der Song vom Doppelbett (The Song of the Double Bed), Serenade, Finale

Piano Suite: Prelude, Intermezzo, Ballad, Jolly March

Duration: 35'
score, parts and piano suite available privately.

First performance; Full work - Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940
(Piano Suite: London, May. 1941)

Other performances (selection)

(Full work)
Washington D.C., May 2009
Vancouver, Oct. 2010

(Piano Suite):
London, Sep. 1941
Glasgow, Jun. 1941
Edinburgh, Oct. 1941, Nov. 1941