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• Choir: Cor Flammae
• Piece: The Unicorn, The Gorgon & The Manticore - Intro, First Madrigal, Second Madrigal
• Composer:  Gian Carlo Menotti
• Conductor:  Peggy Hua
• Voices:  SATB
• Genres: Classical
• Conducted by Peggy Hua
  
  Reincarnations: Cor Flammae's debut concert with Queer Arts Festival | July 24th, 2014
  
  Introduction:
  
  There once lived a Man in a Castle, and a strange man was he.
  He shunned the ...  moreConducted by Peggy Hua
  
  Reincarnations: Cor Flammae's debut concert with Queer Arts Festival | July 24th, 2014
  
  Introduction:
  
  There once lived a Man in a Castle, and a strange man was he.
  He shunned the Countess’ parties; he yawned at town meetings;
  he would not let the doctor take his pulse; he did not go to church on Sundays.
  Oh what a strange man is the Man in the Castle!
  
  First Madrigal:
  Ev’ry Sunday afternoon, soft winds fanning the fading sun,
  all the respectable folk went out walking slowly on the pink promenade by the sea.
  Proud husbands velvety-plump, with embroider’d silk-pale ladies.
  At four o’clock they all greeted each other; They spoke ill of each other at six:
  “How d’you do?” “Very well, thank you.”
  “Have you heard?” “Pray, do tell me.”
  “Tcha tcha tcha tcha tcha ra tcha ra tcha...”
  “How funny, how amusing, how odd! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
  “How well you look!” “How pretty your dress!”
  “Thank you.” “Thank you.” “Good-bye.” “Good-bye.”
  “Isn’t she a gossip!” “Isn’t she a fright!”
  
  Second Madrigal:
  One Sunday afternoon the proud Man in the Castle joined the crowd in the promenade by the sea.
  He walked slowly down the quai leading by a silver chain a captive unicorn.
  The townsfolk stopped to stare at the ill-assorted pair.
  Thinking the man insane some laughed with pity, some laughed with scorn:
  “What a scandalous sight to see a grown-up man
  promenade a unicorn in plain daylight all through the city”
  “If one can stroke the cat and kick the dog;
  if one can pluck the peacock and flee the bee;
  if one can ride the horse and hook the hog;
  if one can tempt the mouse and swat the fly,
  Why, why would a man both rich and well-born raise a unicorn?”
  “If one can strike the boar with the spear and pierce the lark with an arrow;
  if one...    less