In this exploration of music heard in Calcutta in the 18th century, a heartbroken young man sets sail from England to seek his fortune and finds new life in a chance musical encounter with Indian royalty.

Featuring:

Hugh Cutting, countertenor

Debipriya Sircar, Indian Classical vocalist

Jonathan Mayer, sitar

Jamie Akers, lute & guitar

Emily Baines, recorders

George Clifford, Baroque violin

Jacob Garside, bass viol

Katie De La Matter, harpsichord/creative direction

Thomas Guthrie, stage direction/puppetry/tenor

Monika Zwierzchowska, stage manager/costume supervision

Carey Chomsoonthorn, lighting design

Lina Petersson, movement direction/puppeteer

Zulaiha Sheikh, actor/puppeteer

Sean Garratt, puppeteer

Amy Rowe & Lori Hopkins, puppets

Explore the beginnings of multicultural music in the streets and soirées of a young Calcutta.  Experience the sound of performers as they traded melodies and wound them into their own traditions.

Ensemble Tempus Fugit uses unique period crossover tunes and melds period Baroque instruments and Indian sitar and song with puppetry, scent, dance and drama to tell a story of a traveller making his way to the musical heart of the City of Palaces.

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21 June 19.30
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Explore the beginnings of multiculturalism in the music from the streets and soirées of a young Calcutta, where performers from many cultures traded melodies and wound them into their own traditions.

Ensemble Tempus Fugit melds period Baroque instruments and Indian sitar and song with puppetry, scent, dance and drama to tell a story of a traveller making his way to the musical heart of the City of Palaces.

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Explore the beginnings of multiculturalism in the music from the streets and soirées of a young Calcutta, where performers from many cultures traded melodies and wound them into their own traditions.

Ensemble Tempus Fugit melds period Baroque instruments and Indian sitar and song with puppetry, dance and drama to tell a story of a traveller making his way to the musical heart of the City of Palaces.