“This song of the man and his wife is of no-place and everyplace: you might hear it anywhere at anytime. For wherever the sun rises and sets…in the city’s turmoil or under the open sky on the farm, life is much the same, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.” So begins F.W. Murnau’s astonishing film. It is one of the most moving stories ever told on film. Labelled simply ‘The Man’ (George O Brien) and ‘The Wife’ (Janet Gaynor) the protagonists embark on an adventure of temptation, reconciliation, re-consecration and redemption, told with a lyrical simplicity of timelessness and universality.
Sunrise is silent film at its most poetic. Made with an unlimited budget it uses an amazing array of cinematic touches, with a plot that keeps the audience transfixed. Wurlitza have added music that will be both familiar and unfamiliar, from Bach and Villa Lobas to Talking Heads, Echo and the Bunnymen, Madness and the Vapors, as well as some of our own. This is a truly unique and memorable experience, and great for all ages.
Debut performance: 2006.
A MORNING HYMN
HEATWAVE Bronski Beat
VILLA LOBAS
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE Johnny Mathis
KILLING MOON Echo & The Bunnymen
IN THE MOOD Glenn Miller
KILLING MOON REPRISE Echo & The Bunnymen
VILLA LOBAS REPRISE
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Screamin Jay Hawkins
NOCTURN Chopin
PERPETUAL STATE OF FEAR Wurlitza
PSYCHO KILLER Talking Heads
GRIEG
BABY CAN I HOLD YOU v1 Tracy Chapman
MINUET Bach
BABY CAN I HOLD YOU v2 Tracy Chapman
ROSE WINDOW CHAIR Wurlitza
CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
HOUSE OF FUN Madness
HELLO DOLLY Louis Armstrong
HONEYSUCKLE AND THE BEE Stan Holloway
TURNING JAPANESE The Vapours
VILLA LOBAS REPRISE
BLUE MONK Thelonius Monk
DON’T STOP ME NOWQueen
LANYON MAZURKA Herbert Lanyon
FEVER Peggy Lee
MOONDANCE Van Morrison
MORNING HYMN / ABIDE
TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton
KILLING MOON REPRISE Echo & The Bunnymen
IMPROVISATION
CHOPIN
KILLING MOON REPRISE Echo & The Bunnymen
IT MUST BE LOVE Madness