LuminaVocalEnsemble's video: Lumina: Renaissance music - Contrapunto Bestiale Alle Mente by Banchieri LIVE in concert 2013 Fringe

Amusing battle between dogs, cats and all manner of beasts. Contrapunto bestiale alla mente is a chorus from the 1608 work from ‘Festino nella sera del giovedi grasso avante cena’ by Italian composer Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634) 'A dog, a cuckoo, a cat and an owl enjoy themselves with a counterpoint upon a ground'. Live performance by Lumina Vocal Ensemble in their 'Aardvarks and Armadillos' concert in the Barr Smith Library Reading Room, Adelaide University during the 2013 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Conductor: Saam Thorne. Singers: Michele de Courcy, Saam Thorne, Rachel Sag, Anna Pope, Melinda Pike, Rosemary Byron-Scott, Kate Tretheway, Jo Pike, Tim Muecke, Matt Lykos, Andrew Heuch, Clive Conway, Andrew McCauley & Kenneth Pope Sound recording by Rosemary Beal. Film recording by Juha Vanhakartano luminavocal.com.au Translation not very politically correct so we're not providing it - sorry. It's mostly nonsense anyway.