The Concise Koechel

Description

It's All Hallows Eve, and the Motherwell sisters, Lili and Cecile, have invited their musicologist patrons, the Brunswick sisters, to attend them on this crucial day. All their lives, Lili and Cecile have practiced on their pianos, to the exclusion of everything else. Their interpretations of Mozart, as the impresario Mendel says, are "too impeccable, too irreproachable," there is "too much politeness, too much purity, not enough passion." They wish to discuss something hidden in their basement-someone has strayed from their score, someone has improvised, the hands of the clock need to be turned back

An award-winning dramatist and a respected translator, Normand Chaurette has written over fourteen plays, of which Le Petit Kochel is one of the best known. Le Petit Kochel won the Governor General's Award for French Theatre in 2001. Linda Gaboriau has been active in Canadian and Quebecois theater for over twenty years as a critic, journalist, broadcaster and consultant.

"The situation and dialogue are intriguing ... The play may be difficult, but Chaurette's unnerving climax should lead to heated and extended discussions in the lobby after the play is over." -- Stage Directions