Gerald Barry
TRIORCHIC BLUES
for violin
Oxford Contemporary Repertoire Series

There are versions for solo piano (1990), solo violin (1992) and solo cello (2001).
Triorchic Blues takes its title from a rumoured attribute of the castrato Tenducci (one of the models for the castrato Serafino in the opera The Intelligence Park) that enabled him to surprise his admirers by combining the role of paterfamilias with his operatic career; its material, however, began as a study for another opera The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit, where it appears, with some appositeness, as an apologia for a life devoted to venery.
Duration 4 minutes