the sixth of November!!
GUNPOWDER, TREASON & PLOT
Do come and join Writtle Singers with Martyn Richards narrator
Saturday 6 November 7.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Writtle near Chelmsford CM1 3DT
In the later 1500s Essex was home to a leading branch of the recusant Catholic community, including composer William Byrd and the Petre family of Ingatestone, who maintained their faith in secrecy and at risk of death.
In November 1605 a group of young Catholic men responded to this persecution by plotting an explosion designed to kill the king and his family plus the entire nobility, senior clergy and judiciary of England.
Through music by Byrd and his contemporaries, both protestant and catholic - including de Monte, Philips, Dering and Dowland - and narration read by Martyn Richards we venture behind the scenes of 5.11......
Tickets:
£12 [£10 only if purchased before 6 Nov] ;
£5 full-time students [£3 only if purchased before 6 Nov]
free admission for children under 16.
· book online at www.writtlesingers.org
· purchase tickets in person at James Dace in Chelmsford,
· phone the box office on 01277 658183
Venue and other info at www.writtlesingers.org
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1 comment:
Lovely presentation in a most original fashion.....and the singing was very good too.
Well done to you all - most enjoyable.
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