May 21 2024
Five More Monologues (Religious Monologues with Music and Soundscapes)
In the last five monologues we heard about a man who keeps seeing a set of instructions whenever he's on the brink of orgasm; a strange episode in a pizzeria involving a dwarf, an angel, and an old recently retired father who hasn't moved from the back office in a whole month; a scary party thrust upon a miserable university student; a priest who becomes trapped in his confessional; and an unpublished novelist with a dark secret.This time:We hear about...1) A man whose mother has just died who visits a scary-looking rollercoaster in search of revitalisation.2) A woman at dinner with a shy man who tells her right off the bat that he's an alcoholic. But all is not as it seems.3) A bizarre voice message: the unnamed caller shares with the unknown recipient a gross little vignette about his nipples.4) A woman and a fellow jogger called Arthur. A simple routine involving morning jogging and breakfast quickly unravels in unexpected ways.5) The Room 3 tenant whom nobody in the shared house has ever seen finally comes out. Music List (including tracks of which only very brief samples are taken):Poor Mum- Molly DrakeA Coral Room- Kate BushThe Protecting Veil- John TavernerDevil In Disguise- Elvis PresleyLivre du Saint Sacrament- Olivier MessiaenDes Canyons aux Etoiles- Olivier MessiaenDona Nobis Pacem- Vaughn WilliamsRequiem- Maurice Durufle(Opening Improvisation, Introit, and Pater Noster taken from 12.00 Pentecost Sunday Mass, 2024, Westminster Cathedral, London)Holly Holy- Neil DiamondSaint Francois d'Assise- Olivier MessiaenMagnificat- Herbert HowellsThe Rite of Spring- StravinskyFeaturing also the voices of Father Stephen Morrison, Anthony Perkins, Harold Bloom, Klaus KinskiThree Sketches for Two Clarinets- Charlie PriceConcerto for Strings, Winds, Percussion, and Solo Cello- Charlie PriceContent Warning:Horror, Language, Sex References
