Baroque & Folk
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Emily Baines, recorder; Eleanor Harrison, Baroque violin; Poppy Walshaw, Baroque cello; Jamie Akers, archlute; Katie De La Matter, harpsichord
Explore music from the streets and soirées of a young port city, Calcutta, where performers wound melodies from many cultures into their own traditions.
Ensemble Tempus Fugit melds this unusual combination of period music and Indian song with shadow puppetry, dance and drama to tell a story of a traveller making his way to the musical heart of the City of Palaces.
Featuring music by Playford, Purcell, and Locke; music for sitar and voice; period transcriptions of Hindustani and Bengali songs
Featuring Trevor Bowes (bass/artistic concept) with:
Magda Loth-Hill & David Lopez (Baroque violins)
Oakki Lau (Baroque viola)
Rosie Moon (double bass)
& Pablo Strong (videographer/engineer)
From G.F. Handel's dramatic cantata ‘Aci, Galatea e Polifemo’ of 1708, this aria is not only an extraordinary piece of writing for the bass voice, but a hauntingly beautiful expression of the conflict and hollowness of depression.
This video is rooted in history: it’s played on Baroque instruments and recorded in Handel's own church in London. But it explores the same emotions we face in the never-ending headlines, pressures and stress of the modern world.
Ensemble Tempus Fugit is proud to collaborate with Trevor Bowes in exploring modern mental health using the music of the past.
Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori
farfalla confusa,
già spenta la face,
non sa mai goder.
Così fra timori quest’ alma delusa
non trova mai pace ne spera piacer.
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Amidst shadows & horrors
the dazed moth,
with the flame already extinguished,
doesn’t know how it will ever find happiness.
Likewise, amidst its fears, my deluded soul
will never find peace, nor hope of pleasure.