Gavin Friday and Gavin Bryars bring Shakespeare Sonnets to Adelaide
November 21, 2014
Gavin Friday will narrate “Nothing Like the Sun’, a series of Shakespeare Sonnets set to music by the English composer Gavin Bryars at the Adelade Festival in Australia on March 4th. It will be the first time ‘Nothing Like the Sun’ has been performed since 2009 when the two Gavins toured the UK with the piece.
PROGRAM
Act 1: Laude and Madrigals featuring The Song Company Act 2: Nothing Like the Sun narrated by Gavin Friday and featuring Peyee Chen and John Potter Act 3: Mercy and Grand featuring Jess Walker
CREDITS
GAVIN BRYARS ENSEMBLE WITH GUESTS:
MEZZO SOPRANO Jess Walker NARRATOR Gavin Friday CLARINET Anna Coleman VIOLA II Imants Larsens PERCUSSION Rebecca Lagos ACCORDION James Crabb TENOR SAXOPHONE Julien Wilson PIANO Roland Peelman THE SONG COMPANY – SOPRANO Anna Fraser, Susannah Lawergren MEZZO SOPRANO Hannah Fraser TENOR Richard Black BARITONE Mark Donnelly BASS Alex Knight
PLACE
Elder Hall
DATE
Wed 4 Mar, 7.30pm
TICKETS
Two-concert package:
(Gavin Bryars Ensemble and Gavin Bryars Ensemble with Guests)
Adult $98 / Friends $84
Single concert:
Adult $59 / Friends $49 / Concession $45 / Under 30 $30
Transaction fees apply