21 February 2005
The Courage Consort
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by Michel Faber
The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best known acapella group in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest composition, the monstrously complicated Partitum Mutante. But is the piece performable?
Transcript
This transcript was typed from a recording of the program. The ABC cannot guarantee its complete accuracy because of the possibility of mishearing and occasional difficulty in identifying speakers.
Does it matter that its composer is a maniac best known for attacking his wife with a stiletto shoe at the baggage reclaim at Milan airport? Can the five members of the consort endure their own sexual tensions and wildly differing temperaments? And what is the inhuman voice that calls out to them from the woods at night?
Reader: Jane Harders
Sound Engineer: Ron Minogue
Abridged, produced and directed by: Anne Wynter
'The Courage Consort' is published by Canongate Book
