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 branch line occasionally. In the early years of operation there was as many as three trains per day although this later reduced to two. This may have been because trains got longer as the haulage capabilities of early steam locomotives improved. Train locomotives never operated into the maltings themselves and shunting was carried out by horses or, in later year, by a Fordsons Tractor. In later years the Snape working was a bonus working operated by Ipswich engine shed drivers where the workings were carried out as quickly as possible (in order to qualify for the bonus?). Signalling was initially by one