Thursday 24 August 2006
The Name of the Rose, a symphonic fantasy project by Jean-Louis Foucart
By jlf, Thursday 24 August 2006 at 23:32 :: Listen !
Vaguely based on the story of the eponym novel by Umberto Eco, (under the Italian title Il nome della rosa), this orchestral work is composed as a Symphonic fantasy. You can get it here.
As the plot unfolds, the score develops along several musical themes, from the beginning of the story - two monks (maybe Don Quijote and Sancho Pança? they look so !
) riding on to a mysterious abbey where they usually have terrific adventures, fighting against the forces of evil; to the end: both monks riding away from the fuming ruins of the monastery. .../...
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