Programme

Lyell Cresswell’s absurdist Das Lied von dem Fisch is a setting of short poems about fishy topics, including one about a constipated goldfish! Janet Jennings sets three poems by D.H. Lawrence in A Bird, a Fruit and a Beast, while Gareth Farr’s Ornithological Anecdotes is a song cycle about New Zealand Native Birds with four specially written texts by Bill Manhire.

Lyell Cresswell: Das Lied von dem Fisch
Performed by Jennifer Maybee (soprano) and Kent Isomura (piano)

Janet Jennings: A Bird, a Fruit, and a Beast
Performed by Catrin Johnsson (voice), Imogen Morris (recorder), Eddie Giffney (harpsichord) and Edith Salzmann (cello)

Gareth Farr: Ornithological Anecdotes
Performed by Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone) and James Baillieu (piano)

Approximate running time: 36 minutes