Music from the 18th and 20th centuries, both classical and non-classical, is threaded together by improvisations. France - mainly Paris - is the starting point of the programme but nocturnal wanderings under the light of the moon see it end up on Broadway with Kurt Weill's film music in breathtaking arrangements for the Sheridan Ensemble by Philip Mayers.

"Cabaret lunaire"

Georg Philipp Telemann: "Sonata Prima en La majeur" from the "Paris" Quartets
Dominic Muldowney: "In Paris with You"
François Couperin: from "Les Concerts Royaux", Nr. 4
Kurt Weill: "Je ne t'aime pas"
Howard Skempton: Toccata
Olivier Messiaen: from "Quatuor pour la fin du Temps" VIII. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus

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Claude Debussy / Sheridan Ensemble: from "Suite Bergamasque" III. Clair de lune
Arnold Schoenberg: from "Pierrot Lunaire" VII. Der kranke Mond
French folksong: "Au clair de la lune"
Kurt Weill: Songs (arranged by Philip Mayers for the Sheridan Ensemble)

Instrumentation:
Soprano, traverse and modern flute, clarinet, Baroque and modern violin, Baroque and modern violoncello, harpsichord, piano