Red Priest's "Red Hot Baroque"

_Full Biography     Reviews     Programme

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_A spectacular fusion of 18th century music and 21st century stage technology

RED PRIEST
Piers Adams - Recorders
Julia Bishop - Violin
Angela East - Cello
David Wright - Harpsichord

Production Designer: Ben M Rogers
Original Video and Animations: Ben M Rogers and James Marks for V2FX

Internationally renowned ensemble Red Priest performs baroque music on instruments of the era, with the fiery energy, freedom and intensity of a rock group! An evocative, state-of –the-art backdrop of video, sound, light and stage effects enhances the very qualities that this extraordinary music represents: drama, passion and beauty, eccentric humour and gothic horror.

This dynamic production opens with a ghostly video sequence shot on location in Venice, as four cloaked and hooded musicians emerge to perform Vivaldi’s spine-chilling ‘Nightmare Concerto’. A sequence of fantastic and haunting music by baroque masters follows, as the performers weave a mysterious journey through the Venetian carnival, complete with tolling bells, witches and masked figures. Act One concludes in spectacular fashion with a flame-throwing recorder and angelic sounds from the choir of San Marco.

Act Two takes us to the rustic Italian countryside and the rural idyll of The Four Seasons – with a short excursion to the Caribbean for some winter sun! A stag hunt, lazy sun drenched summer days, thunder and lightning, a drunken harvest gathering and winter ice-skating are all highlighted in this vividly theatrical production of Vivaldi’s ever-popular masterpiece.

Short videos of Red Priest and interviews with Piers Adams can be enjoyed by going to the links page above.

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www.redpriest.com