Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights — Adrian Knight Composer

︎︎︎Info

Title

Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights

Libretto

Gertrude Stein

Movements

In The House Of Doctor Faustus
Bathe Me
Leave Me Alone
Her Name Is
The Main Chorus
You Are As You Are Not
Yes They Shine
Prelude To The End
Faustus Sinks Into The Darkness

The Doctor Faustus Waltz
Rus In Urbe
The Doctor Faustus Chords
What Is It
Quotations From ‘Kindertotenlieder’
Soundscapes

Inventory

Prerecorded tracks with live voices

Year

2011

Duration

65’

Commission

Yale School of Drama

Publisher

Adrian Knight Music

Recording

Pink Pamphlet

Premiere

Oct 25-29, 2011
Iseman Theater, Yale School of Drama
New Haven, CT (US)

Cast & Crew

Hallie Cooper-Novack
William Demeritt
Chris Henry
Seamus Mulcahy
Fisher Neal
Lupita Nyong’o
Jillian Taylor
Alexandra Trow
Adina Verson

Lileana Blain-Cruz, director
Sunder Ganglani, dramaturg
Elizabeth Atkinson, sound design
Adam Rigg, set design
Jayoung Yoon, costume design
Masha Tsimring, lighting design
Hannah Wasileski, projections

Benjamin Firer, tbn
Gleb Kanasevich, cl/b cl, bst hn
Matt Rosenthal, db
Paul Kerekes, pno

︎︎︎Contents

1 Doctor Faustus’ Theme (Electronics)
2 Bathe Me In The Electric Lights (Doctor Faustus, The Dog)
3 Leave Me Alone (Doctor Faustus, Two Voices)
4 Her Name Is Marguerite Ida And Helena Annabel (Chorus)
5 The Main Chorus: A Very Grand Ballet Of Lights (Chorus)
6 You Are As You Are Not (Marguerite Ida And Helena Annabel)
7 Yes They Shine (Doctor Faustus)
8 Prelude To The End/You Are Not Doctor Faustus (Everyone)
9 Faustus Sinks Into The Darkness (Instrumental)

10 The Doctor Faustus Waltz (Chorus)
11 Rus In Urbe (Instrumental)
12 What Is It? (Instrumental)
13 The Doctor Faustus Chords (Instrumental)
14 Quotations From Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (Instrumental)

︎︎︎Detailed Inventory

clarinet in Bb (also bass clarinet and bassett horn)
trombone

percussion 1