Title	3 Screaming Popes
Article no.	10040893
Category	Orchestra/chamber music
Subcategory	Full (symphony) orchestra
Instrumentation	Orch (orchestra)
Format	STP
Country of publication	Germany (de)
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Composer	Turnage, Mark-Anthony
Additional info/contents	'I'd had the title for some years. In 1985 I went to see a stunning exhibition of Francis Bacon's paintings at the Tate Gallery. I was overwhelmed, in the best way. I was particularly taken with the three Pope paintings, which although they were not a set, were hung side by side at the Tate. These paintings are based on Pope Innocent X by Velasquez, and my initial idea was to write a piece which distorted a set of Spanish dances as Bacon had distorted and restated the Velasquez. In the process of writing the piece, the dances (like a first layer of paint, or an outline) became so submerged in the other textures of the piece that only a faint trace is visible - just a hint of a tango here and there. What I hope comes across is the coloristic intensity and emotional immediacy of the paintings.' - Mark-Anthony Turnage
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