Twice Through the Heart notes. 7. "Interlude" — Instrumental section.<br> 8. "Landslide" — Her husband is buried in land, she in prison.<br> 9. "China Cup" — She is locked in with only the decorated china cup which she has taken from home to prison. "Twice Through the Heart" was first performed on 13 June 1997 at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall during the 50th Aldeburgh Festival. Sally Burgess was accompanied by the ENO Contemporary Opera Studio conducted by Nicholas Kok. The companion piece was the chamber opera "The Country of the Blind" which Turnage had composed relatively quickly in order to make up a
Snape Maltings breweries, where it had first to be malted. Newson saw an opportunity. Snape was in the heart of good agricultural land, and halfway between the brewing area of Norwich and London. Demand from the London breweries was growing fast, and it was becoming impractical to make malt and brew beer on the same premises. In 1854 he began malting at Snape, and was soon shipping malt, rather than barley to the breweries. The Maltings process at Snape came to an end in the 1960s as Swonnell and Son went into liquidation and seven acres of industrial buildings were left vacant.