Pre-Order: Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim * Hans Thomalla: Dark Fall [New CD] 4/18/15 Side B is a triptych

Side B is a triptych of more carefully arranged pop songs: a tremolo & mod-delay elegy to youth called "Careless

We've Got the Gold

What a way to go out

These days everyone loves The Fall

The Beach Boys * Pet Sounds (Stereo) [New LP]

Pre-Order: Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim * Hans Thomalla: Dark Fall [New CD] 4/18/15 Side B is a triptychDark Fall is an opera about love and longing in old age. The story centres on Ellen, a married woman who is showing the first signs of Alzheimer's disease. Despite these symptoms, or perhaps because of them, she falls in love with Owen, an old friend who visits Ellen and her husband. Dark Fall questions notions about love and partnership in old age: When are we too ill or too old to be allowed to fall in love again? to start a new life with a new