Wondrous Beasts
Songs of the Bestiary
All tickets are general admission.
Supporter = $50, General = $30, Student/Artist/Economic Need = $15
Time/Date: Friday, June 6 @ 7:30pm
Location: All Saints Episcopal
230 E 60th St, NYC 10022
Said to be the most widely-distributed book in Europe after the Bible, the medieval bestiary, or “book of beasts,” established paths of meaning for animal references in Europe over the ensuing millenia.
With WONDROUS BEASTS, Alkemie joins forces with composer Elliot Cole to craft new arrangements of stunning music from 14th-century Italy and newly-composed repertoire inspired by animals from medieval Europe and modern-day North America. Vielles, harp, recorders, percussion and voices evoke soaring birds, slithering reptiles, and creatures like the unicorn and basilisk. Serving as both mythology and Christian allegory, these fantastic visions of the animal kingdom continue to provoke the modern as well as the medieval imagination.
ARTISTS
Tracy Cowart (voice, harps, percussion)
Ben Matus (voice, recorders, medieval bagpipes, percussion)
David McCormick (vielle)
Sian Ricketts (voice, recorders, douçaines)
Niccolo Seligmann (vielles, viola a chiavi, percussion)
Ellie Sutherland (voice, percussion)