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THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM — Music inspired by the poems of William Shakespeare and Thomas Wyatt.
In this exciting world-premiere, Jennifer Eriksson’s artistic collective ELYSIAN FIELDS joins acclaimed actor, JOHN BELL, bringing the the words of William Shakespeare and Sir Thomas Wyatt to life through music. Newly created works and fresh reinventions of early music intertwine with the spoken and sung word, to take you on an exquisite, compelling, and memorable journey.
The link below provides a downloadable PDF containing the full program notes and artist biographies for this performance.
Program
Jennifer ERIKSSON | The Garden Party — a 3-section piece inspired by Marin Marais’ Feste Champêtre
Matt McMAHON | What Should I Say — song cycle based on poetry by 16th century poet Sir Thomas Wyatt [1503 – 1542]
i. Stand Whoso List
ii. Whoso List to Hunt Prelude
iii. Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where Is An Hind
iv. What Should I Say
v. They Flee From Me
William SHAKESPEARE | The Tempest: Act 3, Scene 2 [1564 – 1616]
Robert JOHNSON | Full Fathom Five [1583-1633] — found in The Tempest and arranged by Matt McMahon
William SHAKESPEARE | Twelfth Night: Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4 [1564 – 1616]
Laura BISHOP | Thia Sui Balan Enni — poetry by Sappho [c. 630 – c. 570 BCE]
William SHAKESPEARE | Sonnet 30 [1564 – 1616]
Matt KEEGAN | Elysium III — text by Philip Pogson
William SHAKESPEARE | Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene 1 [1564 – 1616]
Jan Gunnar HOFF | Meditatus — text from the Latin Mass
Artists
John Bell | narration
ELYSIAN FIELDS
Susie Bishop | voice and violin
Paul Cutlan | saxophone
Matt McMahon | piano
Jennifer Eriksson | electric viola da gamba
Brett Hirst | double bass
Rease Cameron | drums