Consort 8 at St James Church

Consort 8 (recorders) performs at the St James Church - King St, CBD Lunch Time Concert. $10 Entry.

"The Unicorn in the Garden"

In this program, Consort 8 ventures outdoors. The concert begins with William Byrd’s The Leaves be Green, a contrapuntal tour de force in which the melody is tossed from player to player twenty times. We then hop in our quirky little red Volkswagen and drive past a suburban garden where we encounter a mythical beast, the subject of one of James Thurber’s modern fables. Next, we head to the beach, and in a nearby park, we see a hug of teddy bears enjoying a picnic. The sunlight is beautiful, and suddenly we are transported to Africa where we experience the joy of Sören Sieg’s African Suite no 4 with its evocative melodies and dancing rhythms.

PROGRAM

The Leaves be Green - William Byrd c.1540 - 1623

Little Red Volkswagen - Brian Kogler

The Unicorn in the Garden - David Raksin

Ut Equus (Unicorn Dreaming) - Louise Welsh

Beachcomber - Clive Richardson 1909-1998

arr Stanley Taylor

The Teddy Bears’ Picnic - John W. Bratton 1867-1947

arr Annabel Knight

Die Sonne - Fulvio Caldini

African Suite No 4 - Sören Sieg

Kinokero (The Gazelle)

Kinyongo (Wistfulness)

Jamboree (Celebration of Joy)

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