- John Joubert
Under Western Eyes (1968)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Watney Mann Ltd.
- 3333/4331/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
- 13 singing parts, silent & speaking parts, chorus of schoolgirls
- 3 hr
- Cedric Cliffe after the novel by Joseph Conrad
- English
Programme Note
Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. It deals with topical moral issues such as the defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny and the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society.
Scores
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3