{"id":103763,"date":"2026-03-30T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/spettacolo\/facade-un-intrattenimento-in-musica\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:33:32","slug":"facade-un-intrattenimento-in-musica","status":"publish","type":"spettacolo","link":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/spettacolo\/facade-un-intrattenimento-in-musica\/","title":{"rendered":"Fa\u00e7ade. An Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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World premiere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fa\u00e7ade<\/em> is a work unlike any other: a form of ‘entertainment’ in which poetry is recited rhythmically<\/em> as an integral part of a musical structure, striking a balance between avant-garde, humour and references to folk tradition. Edith Sitwell’s experimental poems, set to music by William Walton in 1922, startled the audience at the premiere, who had never heard such a fusion of words and music before. Today, more than a century later, those sounds resonate at Mittelfest, entertaining and amazing audiences once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Walton (1902-1983)               <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fa\u00e7ade – An entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Hornpipe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. En Famille<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Mariner Man<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Long Steel Grass<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Through Gilded Trellises<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Tango-Pasodoble<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Lullaby for Jumbo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Black Mrs Behemoth<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Tarantella<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. A Man from a far Country<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. By the Lake<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Country Dance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Polka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Four in the Morning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Something lies beyond the Scene<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Waltz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Swiss Jodelling Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Scotch Rhapsody<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Popular Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Fox Trot (Old Sir Faulk)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. When Sir Beelzebub<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Fa\u00e7ade 2 \u2013 A Further Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Flourish<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Came the Great Popinjay<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Aubade \u2013 Jane, Jane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. March<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Madam Mouse Trots (Dame Souris trotte grise dans le noir- VERLAINE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Octogenarian<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Water Party<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Said King Pompey<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      World premiere Fa\u00e7ade is a work unlike any other: a form of ‘entertainment’ in which poetry is recited rhythmically as an integral part of a musical structure, striking a balance between avant-garde, humour and references to folk tradition. Edith Sitwell’s experimental poems, set to music by William Walton in 1922, startled the audience at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":104266,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categoria_spettacolo":[31,29],"rassegna":[229,232],"class_list":["post-103763","spettacolo","type-spettacolo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_spettacolo-glasba-sl","categoria_spettacolo-music","rassegna-mittelfest-en","rassegna-mittelfest-sl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spettacolo\/103763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spettacolo"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spettacolo"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spettacolo\/103763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109294,"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spettacolo\/103763\/revisions\/109294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_spettacolo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_spettacolo?post=103763"},{"taxonomy":"rassegna","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mittelfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rassegna?post=103763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}