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Vulpes Vulpes spotted in Sweden...

The award winning Paul Saggers composition will be performed in Sweden next month amid trees, larks, chickens and freaks...

Red Fox
  Vulpes Vulpes is the Latin name for the Red Fox

2021 O/Mordent Composition Award winning composer Paul Saggers will have his winning composition performed next month in Sweden.

His 10-minute work for string orchestra and percussion entitled, 'Vulpes, Vulpes' perfectly captured the competition's 2021 theme of 'the tension between nature and the city' and "stood out" according to Jill Jarman, Chair of the Jury.

Dramatic narrative

The competition attracted over 200 entries from across the globe in search of the €3,000 first prize and was premiered by the Manchester Camarata at the Manchester International Festival.

Paul's work was described as revealing "a strong individual voice, a dramatic narrative and a sensitivity to shapes and colours that the jury enjoyed enormously."

'Vulpes Vulpes' is the Latin binomial name for the Red Fox — an animal that has adapted with intelligence and cunning to survive against the challenges of both the urban and rural environment.

Trees, Larks, Chickens and Freaks

The performance will take on Saturday 11th June (7.00pm) at the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen as a part of an intriguingly entitled programme called 'Trees, Larks, Chickens and Freaks' O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra and Marmen Quartet.

It will also include works by composers Dobrinka Tabakova, Jörg Widmann, Franz Joseph Haydn and Albert Schnelzer.

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