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The Lodge of the Golden Fleece > music > City of London FestivalThe Lodge of the Golden Fleece meets at East Melbourne on the second Friday of February, March, May, July, September and November.craftsman's art and music's measure City of London Festival 2001The Lodge of the Golden Fleece was pleased to support the performance of a work by composer Ron Nagorcka for harpsichord, didgeridoo and Australian bush sounds symbolising the reconciliation of two cultures. Friday 29 June 2001, at 8 pm Bear witness to how the first harpsichord came to arrive at Sydney Cove. Aptly and chillingly set in the Old Bailey, where John Grant was condemned to death in May 1803. Readings from the diaries of John Grant alternate with baroque harpsichord music and a specially commissioned work with didgeridoo and Australian bush sounds by Ron Nagorcka. For The Term of His Natural Life is part of the Clifford Chance Free International Series. Telephone 020 7377 0540 for more information. John Grant was the first person to bring a harpsichord to Australia. A disagreement with the guardian of the woman he loved lead to his conviction at the Old Bailey. After a petition to King George III, signed by 38 important people of the City of London, the death sentence was commuted to transportation for the term of his natural life to the penal settlement of New South Wales. The Defence My dearest Mother Buying rum in San Salvador The arrival at Sydney Cove Unwelcome at Governor King’s garden party The Second Trial Norfolk Island, a place for troublesome convicts Tea in Captain Symmonds’ cabin An encounter with some natives The newly-appointed Governor Macquarie visits Mrs Grant in
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