As created for the famous ‘Rosenwoche’ in Bischofszell, Switzerland. Cantabile celebrate this most celebrated of blooms with music ranging from the Mediæval (There is No Rose of Such Virtue) through the Renaissance (Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen) and the Tudor (Salve Radix) via Carl Orff to ‘Fats’ Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose and Seal’s
Kiss From a Rose, as featured in the movie Batman Forever.
A classic Cantabile mix of romance and humour.
As premièred at the Delft Festival, 2005
What Larks! And Swans and Chickens; Cattle, Cats and Foxes;
Cockles, Mussels and a Trout; Sheep, Bees and the Beatles!
Sail with Cantabile on their musical Ark, from Jannequin and Passereau to Poulenc and Copland, via the Comedian Harmonists, the Hi-Lo’s and the Manhattan Transfer, in the company of Schubert, Lloyd Webber and a yodelling shepherd!
