Buffy Sainte-Marie: Until It's Time For You To Go 

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Until Its Time For You To Go [2004]

Randy Newman: Life Has Been Good To Me from the musical 'Faust'

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
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Randy Newman: Life Has Been Good To Me from 'Faust' [2004]

Elvis Presley: Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
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Elvis Presley: Cant Help Falling In Love With You [2004]

Elvis Presley: Always On My Mind
Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
www.eiagmusic.com

Elvis Presley: Always On My Mind [2004]

Skeeter David: The End of the World

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
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Skeeter Davis: The End Of The World [2004]

John Lennon: Jealous Guy. See the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LQQY3yomJIU

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
www.eiagmusic.com

John Lennon: Jealous Guy [2004]

John Farrar: Hopelessly Devoted To You from 'Grease'

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
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John Farrar: Hopelessly Devoted To You from 'Grease' [2004]

Harry Warren & Al Dubin: You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me from '42nd Street'

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
www.eiagmusic.com

Warren & Dubin: You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me from '42nd Street' [2004]

Harry Warren & Al Dubin: About A Quarter To Nine from '42nd Street'

Rachel de Cock - Voice
Jay de Cock - Piano

Recorded at EIAG Studios in London in 2004
© 2004 EIAG Records
www.eiagmusic.com

Warren & Dubin: About A Quarter To Nine from '42nd Street' [2004]

The celebrated Arabesque in A minor from Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller's '25 Easy and Progressive Studies', Op.100 No.2.

Johan de Cock - piano. Recorded at EIAG Studios, Saltdean, Brighton on Wednesday, 17 February 2016. Yamaha C3 / Audix stereo pair

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Burgmüller: Arabesque, Op.100 No.2

LIFEDREAM 

A Mini Opera for String Orchestra, Female Voice and Electronics, by Rachel de Cock (aka Harley Tuca)

RACHEL DE COCK:  Music, Production, Programming, Vocals, Violas and Script Adaptation

Mixed by Jay de Cock.
Original script by Anna Starkey.
Inspired by the short story, 'The Sweeper of Dreams' by Neil Gaiman.


CHARACTERS
Dream Sweeper : Soprano
Sam(Samantha) : Pop Soprano
The LifeDream TV Presenter : Spoken voice
The Dreamers/Contestants: Female Chorus
The Man in Sams Dreams: Voiceless


SYNOPSIS
LifeDream is set in disturbing and surreal future where the male population have died out due to an Alien chemical warfare drug, leaving behind only women. Although most of the population grieve for their men and desperately want them back, some of the women in positions of power have got very comfortable in their new governmental jobs, and fear the possibility of men ever returning, especially as advancements in technology have meant that dreams can now be turned in to a reality. In an effort to keep control, The Government employ Dream Sweepers to collect peoples dreams. Once the dreams are collected, certain ones are disposed of, and the rest are shown on a reality TV show called LifeDream, where people have an opportunity of wining the prize of their dreams coming true. The problem is that not all the dreams are happy ones, and the future of reality entertainment has become a sadistic and horrific one.

In this story a Dream Sweeper falls in love with the dreams of a women called Sam. It is illegal for her to view these dreams as it distracts her from the job, but she has become obsessed with the purity and simplicity of Sam's dreams, which are rare qualities in modern times. Sam regularly dreams of a man she is in love with, and of gazing at the stars, a far cry from her abusive childhood. Unexpectedly one night, Sam dreams of smashing her TV and causing the downfall of LifeDream and the government mind control. Due to the Dream Sweepers distraction, Sam's dream suddenly becomes a reality, everyone gradually starts to open their eyes, and the Dreamsweeper finally gets to see in to Sams eyes. The Dream Sweeper despairs as she watches Sam leave her gaze for the arms of the man from her dreams. Everyone questions whether they are awake, or still dreaming.





© 2012 RACHEL DE COCK

LIFEDREAM - A Mini Opera by Rachel de Cock

1-to-1 music lessons in Singing, Piano, Music Theory, Songwriting, Composition & Music Technology. Based in Saltdean, Brighton since 2014.

Burgmüller: Arabesque, Op.100 No.2

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