(2001-2004)

Adapted from Lewis Carroll by Gary Bachlund & Marilyn Barnett

After the stories of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." 

 

 

In two acts for eighteen soli (playing multiple parts) and chamber orchestra

 

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Act One

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The Mouse's Tail

vi.   The Mouse's Tail

Mouse

Mine is a long and sad tale.
Fury said to a mouse,
That he met in a house,
'Let us both go to law;
I will prosecute you.
Come, I'll take no denial;
We must have a trial:
For really this morning
I've nothing to do.'
Said the mouse to the cur,
'Such a trial, dear Sir,
With no judge or jury,
Would be wasting our breath.'
'I'll be judge, I'll be jury,'
Said cunning old Fury:
'I'll try the whole cause,
And condemn you to death!'
You are not attending!
What are you thinking of?

[The Mouse storms off angrily.]

 

This short and aggressive aria for tenor features parallel ninths embedded into the accompaniment's voice writing. The piano in the orchestral fabric takes the lead as a percussive element highlighting the Mouse's tale -- or tail, if you prefer.

 

 

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Adapted from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and his additional letters, 
by Marilyn Barnett and Gary Bachlund
2001, 2004 

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