“And the whole time his mouth was sewn shut the other gods laughed and laughed and Loki was humiliated and fumed and still they laughed…
…perhaps that laughter is what started it all…”
A wonderful first foray into the mysteries of the frozen North came for me in the form of Elephant in the Room’s production (headed by the fantastic Jamie Moffatt) of “Midnight Sun”, a concert of 8-part acapella choral arrangements of Icelandic music, interspersed with stories taken from Norse mythology.
The challenges of learning Icelandic pronunciation were more than made up for by the often hilarious tales we got to share with the audience, as well as the mostly new (to me) buzz of close choral harmonisation. I was really chuffed to share the stage with such kind colleagues that night, and we played in Canberra to a full house, and uproarious laughter and applause.
I very much look forward to repeating this program down the East coast next year.
…perhaps that laughter is what started it all…”
A wonderful first foray into the mysteries of the frozen North came for me in the form of Elephant in the Room’s production (headed by the fantastic Jamie Moffatt) of “Midnight Sun”, a concert of 8-part acapella choral arrangements of Icelandic music, interspersed with stories taken from Norse mythology.
The challenges of learning Icelandic pronunciation were more than made up for by the often hilarious tales we got to share with the audience, as well as the mostly new (to me) buzz of close choral harmonisation. I was really chuffed to share the stage with such kind colleagues that night, and we played in Canberra to a full house, and uproarious laughter and applause.
I very much look forward to repeating this program down the East coast next year.
