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 for the safe return of their menfolk from a lifeboat Distress Call.. 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 her birth. Isabel was raised by her mother's sister, Kath. This created a fear in Isabel that family history might repeat itself and she refuses to marry the love of her young life because he is a member of the lifeboat crew. | CAST Islanders Isabel Woodcock (soprano) Bessie Pascoe (soprano) Auntie Kath (alto) Visitors (on holiday) Mary - a Doctor Daisy - A nurse | David Jenkins (ten) Jim Lethbridge (bar) Cliffor Jenkins (bass) 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 |