Serenade of fear...
- Noel Ross-Russell
- ...is set against a recognisable background of the present English musical world. Drawn
from vivid personal knowledge of orchestral life, metropolitan, provincial and touring, it
should fascinate music lovers, interested not only in great music but the instrumentalists
who perform it. A whole professional and human development unfolds over five years,
between a prologue, in which Roger Gore, newly appointed first-horn player, on his way to
rehearsal, notices Kirsten Young on the London Underground and, in a recapitulation, their
second similar chance encounter after the evening concert. This portrait of stress,
endured and resolved, rings true on both music and psychological levels.
- Four Hours in length
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