{"id":24000,"date":"2017-10-27T16:35:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T05:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=24000"},"modified":"2017-10-27T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T05:35:33","slug":"the-song-companys-christmas-fare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=24000","title":{"rendered":"The Song Company&#8217;s Christmas Fare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24001\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/download-325x149.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"325\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Song Company performs Australian and English carols old and new in celebration of the upcoming festive season. This final program for the year will feature the Coventry Carol <em>Lully lulla<\/em> in its original mediaeval dramatic setting in a concert that sparkles with the season\u2019s joy while reflecting on the more sombre realities of the Christmas story.<\/p>\n<p>Mezzo-soprano Hannah Fraser returns for this Christmas tour, alongside Young Artist Chloe Lankshear.\u00a0 The performances also mark the final tour for longstanding ensemble member, Richard Black as he departs The Song Company at the end of this season after many fruitful years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLully lulla\u201d is the refrain of the well-known Coventry Carol which is one of the songs arranged by Thomas Mawdycke in 1591 from the mediaeval mystery play, <em>The Shearmen and Tailors\u2019 Pageant<\/em>. This work is justly famous for its chillingly evocative tale of Herod\u2019s jealous rage set against a bittersweet lullaby sung by three mothers.\u00a0 Underneath two thousand years of traditional embellishment and commercial accretion, there is a timely reminder of today\u2019s realities of exile, refugee status, and the \u2018Slaughter of the innocents\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Selections from The Song Company\u2019s perennial <em>Call for Scores<\/em> are woven into the retelling of the story, including a number of a cappella rounds from <em>Foweles in the Frith <\/em>and <em>The King of Blis<\/em> by Brian Kogler.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, it wouldn\u2019t be a Christmas concert without <em>Gloria in excelsis<\/em> from the first part of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century, featuring scintillating syncopations and wonderful harmonies that could have been written yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sydney\/ NSW CONCERT DETAILS AND DATES: <a href=\"http:\/\/song.company\/lully-lulla\/\">http:\/\/song.company\/lully-lulla\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday 24 Nov | Yellow House, Sydney | 7.00pm PREVIEW NIGHT<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 25 Nov | Blackheath Uniting Church | 3.00pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 30 Nov | Newcastle Conservatorium | 7.00pm<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 2 Dec | St James\u2019 Church, Sydney | 7.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 5 Dec | Berry Uniting Church Hall | 2.00pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 10 Dec | Wollongong Art Gallery | 3.00pm<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 16 Dec | Four Winds, Bermagui | 8.00pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Song Company performs Australian and English carols old and new in celebration of the upcoming festive season. 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