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Peter Grimes recorded Saint Peter at the Forge in Balmerino in 1991 in preparation for the Premiere of the work that November with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, for which he was the Narrator as well as St Peter.
When Peter died a couple of years ago, i resolved to find his recording and
include his wonderful performance as an integral part of any released recording.
Peter's loss was the impetus to completing and releasing the Tail and the Sonic world had matured enough to help us achieve a more accurate and sensitive rendition of the piece. Thus began the process of freshly re-recording the score, which took nearly a year.

God's voice is played by a Contrabassoon on the recording and the wonderful John Kenny played the part on an Alpine Horn for the Premiere in 1991.

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At that point God intervened.
Actually, he was having trouble with his gatekeeper, Peter, who had been admitting (or not admitting) souls to Heaven, well for 2,000 years, he had been cantankerous of late.
He was inventing different rules for admission almost on a daily basis and since Limbo and Purgatory had been closed down, there were only two places left for a soul to go.

Stanley arrived at the gates...........

"I didn't get where I am today not knowing how to swim!" boomed the voice of the old Gatekeeper.
" In my day if you wanted to be a fisherman you had to complete at least 10 lengths of the Galilee Swimming Baths before you were allowed near a boat .... and the water wasn't heated! I mean, Stanley, what do you think the newspapers will say - "Floundering fisherman falls foul of fish" eh? Silly Stanley, NON-SWIMMER, succumbs to
Look, I don't let the kind of people in here who need L plates on their rubber ring".
A phone rang.
"Just a moment!"
"Fisherman indeed ..... Hello, yes .. yes ... no! Look boss, you put me in charge of these gates so it should be my decision who gets in!
No, I don't think there should be a problem here every day ... "
"Yes, oh yesterday I couldn't let them in, none of them could yodel !!
Yes, I'll sort this one out now ... for heaven's sake!"
Peter slammed the phone down and turned to face Stanley.
"Right, you're not getting in, we're sending you back to learn to swim ......

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from The Salmon​’​s Tail - Story and Music - J, released June 21, 2018

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Composer, Musician, Songwriter - Tunesmith is shorter!
lives with a cat in a Glen in Scotland where the local wildlife tolerates and encourages students of Music.
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