Saylor / Cantate Chamber Singers / Becker: Hunting of the Snark: Agony in Eight Fits

Snark Ensemble: Hunting of the Snark: Agony in Eight Fits - COMPACT DISCS

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Hunting of the Snark: Agony in Eight Fits

Artist:

Snark Ensemble

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313268573

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2011-09-27

Number of Discs:

1

Maurice Saylor’s setting of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark is written for a chorus and ‘Snarkestra’, Saylor’s word for his quirky, misfit pit-band. This includes all manner of percussion and woodwinds, as well as such exotica as harmonica, bass accordion and washtub, instruments “reviled by society at large”, in Saylor’s words. To the nonsense text he brings a riot of colour and wit as well as a series of traditional devices such as refrains, sea shanties, and a chorale. The result is music of vibrancy, excitement, and even dangerous volatility. The three silent film scores are pacey, dapper and splendidly jazzy.

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