The Tell Tale Heart
Royal Academy of Music, 2022
Written and performed by Chen Xu,
Composed by William Gherman
Pianists Xiaowen Shang, Yana Khvan
Original story by Edgar Allan Poe
“And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?”
The Tell-Tale Heart is an experimental piece in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music's Summer Student Festival.
Adapted from the famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the piece used piano and spoken word to juxtapose the psychological state of an unreliable narrator against their words.
