The Saddest Music in the World

In this experimental musical set in 1930s Winnipeg, amputee baroness Lady Port-Huntley organizes a competition offering $25,000 to the person who can compose the saddest music in the world. Musicians — including a depressed Broadway producer, his guilt-stricken father, and a Serbian cellist — flock to Winnipeg with the hope that they will be the best at conveying tragedy and grief in their music.