Voyage from the frozen seas of the north to tropical volcanoes
Book now and join us on Thursday 27 March for an evening of extremes as we contrast all things fire and water.
We look forward to taking you from the frozen climes of Thule to the volcano of Fogo 'amidst an ocean of flying fishes'. Thule (also spelled Thyle or Tile) is referenced as the most northerly location in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. It has been identified as Iceland, Greenland, Shetland or the Orkneys, as well as various other northern European locations, but the common theme is that it is the edge of the map. In Thule, the period of cosmography by Thomas Weelkes, we will explore the contrast between Thule and the volcano Fogo in Cape Verde.
Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus (1590-1557) and satellite image of Fogo by Jesse Allen (NASA Earth Observatory)
Both are cited as extremes of ice and fire and their descriptions occupy most of the text of this madrigal, but Weelkes claims that the inner turmoil he is experiencing from being in love is even more wonderous than these natural phenomena.
At the other end of our spectrum perhaps is Dominick DiOrio's Day of fire and sun which is more internally focussed, with the emotions described by Sara Teasdale's poem driving the outward manifestations of sun and sea.
Join us at St-Mary-At-Hill on 27 March for these and many more elemental works.
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