A performance of Thomas Ades first opera Powder Her Face. The story follows the Duchess of Argyll as she looks back at her life. Ades' brilliant score incorporates skewed imitations of the popular music of her prime: tangos tea dances and Cole Porteresque songs. The fifteen strong orchestra consists of clarinets saxophones brass strings accordion and percussion an emsemble similar to the dance bands of yesteryear. Adapted and filmed specially for television in stu
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