out the text, rather than the other way round), that they've been out for the day. In Gerald's opera the whole apparatus – for that's what it is – takes on a kind of surrealistic shape, like one person's torso on someone else's legs being forced to walk, half the characters in the opera and half the composer. Operas The Intelligence Park, libretto by Vincent Deane (1981-8) The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit, libretto by Meredith Oakes (1991–92) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, based on the play (later a film) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2005) La Plus Forte, a one-act opera for soprano and orchestra based on Strindberg's play (2007) The Importance of Being Earnest, libretto by Gerald Barry after Oscar Wilde (2010) Alice's Adventures Under Ground, libretto by Gerald Barry after Lewis Carroll (2014/15) Selected other works Things that Gain by Being Painted for soprano, speaker, cello and piano (1977) Things That Gain for piano (1977) '_' for ensemble (1979) ø for 2 pianos (1979) Kitty Lie Over Across From The Wall for piano and orchestra (1979) Sur les Pointes for piano (1981) Au Milieu for piano (1981) O Lord How Vain for choir (1984) Five Chorales from The Intelligence Park for two pianos (1985) From The Intelligence Park for orchestra (1986) Swinging Tripes and Trillibubkins for piano (1986) Water Parted from The Intelligence Park for soprano or countertenor and piano (1986) String Quartet No. 1 (1985) Chevaux-de-frise for orchestra (1988) Bob for ensemble (1989) Triorchic Blues for piano (1991) Sextet for ensemble (1993) From The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit for orchestra (1994) Triorchic Blues for solo trumpet (1994) The Chair for organ (1994) Piano Quartet No. 1 (1994) The Conquest of Ireland for solo bass voice and orchestra (1995) Quintet for cor anglais, clarinet, cello, double bass and piano (1994) Low for clarinet and piano (1995) Piano Quartet No. 2 (1996) Before The Road for four clarinets (1997) String Quartet No. 2 (1998) 1998 for violin and piano (1998) The Eternal Recurrence, a setting of Nietzsche for soprano and orchestra (1999) The Coming of Winter for choir (2000) Wiener Blut for large ensemble (2000) Wiener Blut for orchestra (2000) String Quartet No. 3 (Six Marches) (2001) Snow is White for piano quartet (2001) God Save the Queen for solo boy's voice, choir and large ensemble (2001) Dead March for large ensemble (2001) In the Asylum