CARNIVORE (2014)

Commissioned for York Spring Festival of New Music 2014
Premiere: 11th May 2014, York City Centre & Museum Gardens

More information on the work here.

Photographs by Clare Aldrich, Ben Clark and Sarah Goulding.

"We Minstrels have a woeful past..." the Ringleader plots a hunt for Troubadours

"The concert hall means nothing now, We've found a better place to prowl." © Sarah Goulding 2014

The Minstrels set out © Ben Clark 2014

Leading the hunt © Sarah Goulding 2014

Minstrel Ringleader: "I call out in low and plaintive tone / To claim that which you call your own." © Sarah Goulding 2014

The Bard lurks © Ben Clark 2014

The Bard follows the hunt © Ben Clark 2014

Minstrels lead the audience © Clare Aldrich 2014

"Minstrels, here to entertain"

"My wailing song, pure and sweet / To drawn you in, you're mine to keep." © Ben Clark 2014

Troubadour Double Bass (a Baroque relic) in the wild © Sarah Goulding 2014

Minstrel Flute: "A glint of iridescent light / I am all beauty in your sight." © Sarah Goulding 2014

Minstrel Ringleader and Clarinet observing a capture © Sarah Goulding 2014

The hunt with Troubadours in tow © Sarah Goulding 2014

Minstrel Clarinet - "With harsh attack I pierce hind – My growl it grates on all I find." © Sarah Goulding 2014

Troubadour Cello (a Romantic) in the wild © Clare Aldrich 2014

Minstrel Ringleader defeating Troubadour Saxophone © Sarah Goulding 2014

The captured Troubadours © Clare Aldrich 2014

"I shall pit them in duels, as foe against foe" © Ben Clark 2014

"To Troubadours we'll not be kind!" © Sarah Goulding 2014

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