The CRRS is pleased to announce the fifth annual concert in honour of Professor William Bowen. This year’s event features the early music ensemble Scaramella. Under the artistic direction of Joëlle Morton, Scaramella showcases a repertoire written especially for period instruments, both historical and modern. This year’s concert is titled Birds Bewigged. Inspired by the culture of the natural world, this elegant avian-themed programme features musical works that were composed to imitate and describe the characteristics and/or antics of birds. Also included are poetic readings of texts by Mary Oliver, Billy Collins and Lorna Crozier.

The concert will feature works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Harry Somers, Jean-Philippe Rameau, William Williams, and Thomas Weelkes.

Literary readings:

Intro/Prefatory remarks from the Bird Fancyer’s Delight
Billy Collins: Freud
Lorna Crozier: If Bach were a bird
Mary Oliver: Goldfinches

Artists:

Katherine Hill – soprano
Alison Melville – traverso and recorders
Colin Savage – recorders
Joëlle Morton – viola da gamba
Charlotte Nediger – harpsichord
Kathleen Kajioka – narrator