Mother Courage and Her Children (album)
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Mother Courage and her Children is a 2010 album by Duke Special
, featuring the songs he wrote and performed for the National Theatre
's 2009 production of Berthold Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children
. It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes The Silent World of Hector Mann
and the Huckleberry Finn EP
.
Duke Special
Duke Special, real name Peter Wilson, is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic"...
, featuring the songs he wrote and performed for the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
's 2009 production of Berthold Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin...
. It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes The Silent World of Hector Mann
The Silent World of Hector Mann
The Silent World of Hector Mann is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring songs inspired by the character of Hector Mann from Paul Auster's 2002 novel The Book of Illusions, each song inspired by one of the silent movies the character appeared in, written by Special or a songwriter of his...
and the Huckleberry Finn EP
Huckleberry Finn EP
Huckleberry Finn is a 2010 EP by Duke Special, featuring songs composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson from an unfinished musical based on Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...
.
Track listing
The album has twelve tracks:- Prelude
- Mother Courage
- Eilif (Song about the soldier and his wife)
- Yvette (Song of fraternization)
- Song of The Hours
- The Great Capitulation
- Soldier’s Song
- Mother Courage (and the threat of peace)
- Cook’s Song
- Farmhouse Song
- Lullaby
- Mother Courage Finale