Der Handschuh (Waterhouse) Der Handschuh (Waterhouse) Der Handschuh ("The Glove") is a composition by Graham Waterhouse. He wrote the setting of Friedrich Schiller's ballad for cello and speaking voice in 2005. It was published in 2007 in Heinrichshofen's Verlag. Graham Waterhouse composed "Der Handschuh" in 2005, as a kind of melodrama in the tradition of spoken narrative to instrumental accompaniment, such as ballads by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss, a crucial scene of Weber's opera "Der Freischütz" and 20th century settings by Schoenberg, William Walton, Henze and Poulenc's L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant. It is the composer's first major work for the
The Sacrifice (opera) one small), güiro, vibraslap, 1 metal sheet, tenor drum, a pair of crash cymbals and tam-tam. Also required are harp, electric piano and onstage two tambourines and an electric guitar. MacMillan extracted material from the opera to create a piece for orchestra, "Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice"'. The sections are called "The Parting", "Passacaglia", and "The Investiture". At the U.S. premiere on August 15, 2009, by the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra under Marin Alsop. The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra recorded the work under MacMillan's direction. The Sacrifice (opera) The Sacrifice is an opera in three acts composed by James MacMillan with