{"id":18697,"date":"2015-04-29T21:18:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T11:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=18697"},"modified":"2015-04-29T21:18:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T11:18:48","slug":"the-raven-dark-romantic-and-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=18697","title":{"rendered":"The Raven &#8211; Dark, Romantic And Surreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18698\" alt=\"Raven poster jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Raven-poster-jpeg-180x240.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Presented by The Pearl and Dagger Company,\u00a0<i>The Raven<\/i>\u00a0features music and melodrama of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.Romantic, dark and a little bit surreal, this concert will feature Edgar Allen Poe\u2019s cult-status poem\u00a0<i>The Raven<\/i>\u00a0set for narrator and solo piano by English composer, Stanley Harry Hawley in 1899.\u00a0 Singer and actor Owen Elsley will be performing <em>The Raven<\/em> along with early keyboard specialist Esther YaeJi Kim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Interspersed with the dramatic scenes are chamber works for piano and strings including the seldom performed and impassioned <em>Phantasie<\/em>\u00a0for piano trio by Alice Verne Bredt, and Frank Bridge\u2019s <em>Three Idylls for String Quartet<\/em>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pearl and Dagger Company performs historic works that blend music and theatre.\u00a0 Artistic directors Imogen Granwal and Tara Hashambhoy are musicians who collaborate with a range of artists including actors, visual artists, dancers and musicians in order to create period performances that take their audience back through time. 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