Name: Secret Byrd: An Immersive Staged Mass On the 400th anniversary of William Byrd
Start: 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Organization

Stage director

Bill Barclay

Others

The Gesualdo Six

Orchestra

Fretwork

St Martin In the Fields

Secret Byrd: An Immersive Staged Mass On the 400th anniversary of William Byrd

London

United Kingdom

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Secret Byrd: An Immersive Staged Mass On the 400th anniversary of William Byrd: Concert

Public

Concert

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Conductor

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Soprano

Singer

Tenor

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices, composed for secret Catholic worship, is theatrically interspersed with his virtuosic music for strings. Book here: https://www....

In William Byrd’s 400th anniversary year, an immersive staged performance of his Mass for Five Voices with The Gesualdo Six and Fretwork.

A divinely-anointed monarch in an age of conflict. A faith whose practice could cost you your freedom, and even your life. And caught between them – constantly walking the line between profoundly-held belief, and the demands of loyalty to the crown – is the genius of William Byrd. 400 years after the composer’s death, his Mass for five voices is theatrically staged as it was meant to be heard: by secret worshippers under threat of persecution in Tudor England. For these world premiere performances of Secret Byrd, The Gesualdo Six and Fretwork create a candlelit community with the audience in the intimate Crypt of St Martin’s, breaking bread and celebrating Byrd’s ravishing masterpiece. It’s richly dramatic journey into the inner world of this most complex and timeless of masters, recreating the music (and the spiritual intensity) of forbidden Catholic worship at the height of England’s golden age.

English

Secret Byrd: An Immersive Staged Mass On the 400th anniversary of William Byrd by Various, Sat 28 Eaná 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Faoi stiúir Bill Barclay,, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Físeáin

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid