{"id":33609,"date":"2019-02-19T09:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=33609"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:56:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:56:25","slug":"becketts-rockaby-set-by-william-osborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/02\/becketts-rockaby-set-by-william-osborne.html","title":{"rendered":"Beckett&#8217;s &#8216;Rockaby&#8217; Set by William Osborne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<font size=\"2\"><p>For singing actress and tape of voice, four trombones and piano; text of Samuel Beckett.&nbsp; (25 minutes)&nbsp;&nbsp;Premiere: Staatstheater Kassel, April 25, 1986&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/font>\n\n\n\n<p>In Rockaby we hear the whispered thoughts of an old woman during the last twenty-five minutes of her life accompanied by the dirge of four distant trombones.&nbsp; \u201c<em>Those arms at last\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbie Conant, actress, singer, all four trombones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pierre Oser, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made in the studio of Orchester Graunke in Munich in 1985 in a late night session when we were allowed to use the studio during its off hours.&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;(This was long before digital recording. 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