John Cale setlists 1987

Amsterdam 1987-11-15

John Cale performing the Falklands Suite with the Metropole Orkest, Stedelijk Helmonds Concertkoor. Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - November 15, 1987. It consists of four poems - There Was A Saviour, On A Wedding Anniversary, Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) set to music by Cale, and two instrumental interludes. There Was A Saviour was played again on behalf of the TV crew who missed it the first time around.

Setlist

1. There Was A Saviour
2. On A Wedding Anniversary
3. Interlude I
4. Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
5. Interlude II
6. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
7. There Was A Saviour (reprise)
8. (I Keep A) Close Watch
9. Antarctica Starts Here
10. The Endless Plain of Fortune
11. Child's Christmas in Wales
12. Chinese Envoy
13. Heartbreak Hotel
14. Paris 1919
15. (I Keep A) Close Watch

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