As part of this month's Vivid Music @ Seymour, award-winning Sydney composer Andrée Greenwell will explore the word 'gothic' by featuring songs that weave folk, contemporary classical and post-punk music styles.
Ahead of the performances, Andrée supplied her five favourite, gothic things.
1. 'The Hunchback Of Notre Dame' (1923). Who can beat John Mills as Quasimodo?
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2. Kate Bush’s song with the most-original choreography for her 1976 hit ‘Wuthering Heights’, inspired by the 1845 book of Emily Bronte. Speaking of the Bronte sisters, they used to walk around the parlour table after dinner until 11 pm for exercise. After the deaths of Emily and Anne, Charlotte continued this rite on her own.
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3. Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ is adapted from Daphne Du Maurier’s short story, originally set in England. Come to 'Gothic' and hear the eerie lyric of Hilary Bell, who studied Daphne’s short story, without having never seen Hitchcock’s film.
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4. Twin Peaks. What gifts did David Lynch give screen composer Angela Baddalamenti?
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5. Nick Cave’s ‘Orpheus’, and probably 75 percent of his catalogue. Incidentally, I grabbed Nick’s red right-hand while he sang that song at the State Theatre, on his recent tour.
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'Gothic' is part of the Vivid Music @ Seymour programme; it plays 27-29 May at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
