Distress Call -3
Four Orchestral Suites
Distress Call - a Light Opera Composer: Gordon Pascoe Opus # 1 An imaginary "Auntie Kath's Cottage" Based on a Remembrance: of an evening with the women of my family and seeing the agony of extreme anxiety waiting in "Trekieve" for the safe return of their menfolk from a lifeboat Distress Call. The crew included my Grandfather Jim Lethbridge and his son, my Uncle Jim, and my Uncle Matt (coxswain) and his three sons Uncle "Boy" Matt, Uncle Harry, and Uncle Richard. Six members of the were Lethbridge family. Not due for release until I have live vocals, perhaps a "radio" version. A very brief summary and the cast is shown here, with a play list below. | |||||
Summary Just before she was born Isabel’s father died while on a lifeboat distress call. Her mother grieved and lived for only two years after Isabel's birth and Isabel was raised by her mother's sister, Kath. This created a deep fear in Isabel that family history might repeat itself and so she refuses to marry the love of her young life because he is a member of the lifeboat crew. | |||||
CAST | |||||
Islanders ("Scillonians") Isabel Woodcock (soprano) Bessie Pascoe (soprano) Auntie Kath (alto) David Jenkins (tenor) Jim Lethbridge (baritone) Clifford Jenkins (bass) | Visitors (on holiday from the Mainland) Mary - a Doctor Daisy - A nurse Tom - A firefighter Charlie - A paramedic |
ACT ONE | ACT TWO | ||
0 | Overture (orchestra) | 15 | Here's My Chair - David & Isabel |
1 | Serenade (Delicious Confusion) - David wav with no vocal | 16 | My Feeling Are Hazy - Jim & Bessie |
2 | Isabel's Lament (Why Can't I Tell Him) - Isabel | 17 | I Never Dreamed That Love Could Be - Isabel |
3 | Duet: Tell Him You Love Him - Bessie & Isabel | 18 | We Are Gathered Here Today - Ensemble |
4 | Duet: You're Making A Hullabaloo - Jim & Bessie | 19 | What A Happy Wedding - Ensemble |
5 | 20 | Why, Oh Why - Isabel | |
6 | When Two People In Love - Isabel & David | 21 | Trio: Please Come Home Isabel, Bessie & Kath |
7 | Dear Auntie Kath - Isabel | 22 | Isabels Prayer - Isabel |
8 | They Make The World A Safer Place - Kath | 23 | Words Of Love - David & Isabel |
9 | My Memory Will Always Be (Locket Aria) - Kath | 24 | (Curtain Calls) |
10 | Romance In The Air - Ensemble | ||
11 | When I Am In His Arms - Isabel | ||
12 | You Haven't Got Courage (Tango) - Bessie & Jim | ||
13 | Words Of Love (David) | ||
14 | Romance In The Air (reprise) - Ensemble |