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Secret Byrd
An immersive staged Mass celebrating the 400 year legacy of William Byrd.
The Gesualdo Six
Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation
Byrd's masses in four and five parts, plus his greatest consort music performed as part of a secret ceremony celebrating the Mass. Candle-lit and in costume, The Gesualdo Six perform from original part-books and from memory. The audience can sit or stand, move and even participate in this evocation of the danger of religious conflict.
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York Early Music Christmas Festival
Sat 2 December 2023
National Centre for Early Music, York
6:00pm
£35 with soup, £30 without
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Byrd's masses in four and five parts, plus his greatest consort music performed as part of a secret ceremony celebrating the Mass. Candle-lit and in costume, The Gesualdo Six perform from original part-books and from memory. The audience can sit or stand, move and even participate in this evocation of the danger of religious conflict.
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Location
National Centre for Early Music, York
Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, United Kingdom
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- Fri 27 January 2023
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
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