Eurydice (Ruhl play) follows Orpheus. But as she catches up to him, she calls out his name, and he turns to look at her, causing her to die a second death. Meanwhile, her father has decided that he wants to forget everything, and dips himself in the river again. When Eurydice returns, her father is lying silent on the ground, having lost all of his language and memory forever. As Eurydice mourns her father, the Lord of the Underworld returns, having grown from a child to superhuman height. He orders her to be his bride. Eurydice pens a letter to Orpheus and his
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack) Paraphrase" performed by Alexander Balanescu (violin) and Michael Nyman (piano) "Miserere" performed by London Voices, director Terry Edwards The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack) The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is the twelfth album release by Michael Nyman and the ninth to feature the Michael Nyman Band. It is the soundtrack to the eponymous film by Peter Greenaway. The album includes the first commercially released recording of "Memorial" (Greenaway heard a radio recording of the original performance that has not been commercially released), and this is the only piece discussed in the liner