Chris Gordon

The Wrong Ballet (A Fairy Story in Three Acts) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is a sad fact that on this earth something dreamed remains forever just that a dream. It has nothing of reality, solidity, tangibility about it. It has nothing of a satisfying substance to it which either engenders individual or shared memories to be relished and, if the dream is a pleasantly fulfilling one, enjoyed to the full.

So it is with this story of a theatre director's passion for a ballet and later a passion for one of his colleagues. Though neither of these passions existed in this reality they are no less real than any that have been felt by men and women who have lived (or who still live) on this planet. And though the reader may look for the Théâtre Piccolo in the Quartier Latin on a map of Paris, it will not be found. It, too, has been conjured from the æther by the magic of creative thought.

May, 1913. Victor Lapin, the Director of the Théâtre Piccolo in the Quartier Latin of Paris, France has fallen in love with Ballets Russes and he is desperate to entice this 'ballet phenomenon' to perform their sensational new ballet, 'The Rite of Spring', in his theatre. He fails in his attempt to seek an appointment with the ballet company's Director, Serge Diaghilev. Just as Victor is about to give up the idea as hopeless his assistant, Claudine Cheval, has an inspiration. Her good intentions lead her, Victor, and even the Théâtre Piccolo, in a direction that no one could have foreseen!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chris Gordon
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910100585
• Artikelnr.: 47094300

Autorenporträt

A talented composer, arranger and, more recently, writer of fiction who has been around the classical music scene for a long time. He is best known for his inventive, imaginative and beautifully written music for wind instruments published by Cool Wind Music. He has also written quite a few serious works including music for wind ensemble, saxophone ensemble, piano solo, two pianos, songs, choral works etc., etc. He orchestrated three early songs of Second Viennese School composer, Alban Berg, for Berg's publisher, Universal Edition. These songs originally formed part of the cycle of Berg's early songs which became the 'Seven Early Songs', orchestrated by Berg in 1928.

Chris turned to writing fiction following a dramatic life crisis which 'switched off' his composing ability for a time. In the absence of writing music, which previously had been as easy as breathingif sometimes laboured breathinghe began to write stories. He discovered that all his composing knowledge and skill could be channelled into writing stories which often draw on musical themes of one sort or another. A good example of this is his novella, 'The Wrong Ballet'. Happily, the ability to write music has returned, albeit sporadically, and he is working on a set of piano variations. He has just finished writing music for chamber ensemble which 'goes with' his story of Pauline Viardot-Garcìa and Johannes Brahms, 'The Baden-Baden Idyll', which you can read about in the Smashwords Interview 'What are you working on next?'