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Spitalfields Summer Festival

Ernst Von Siemens Musikstiftung

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Colm Carey

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The Choir Of The Chapels Royal, HM Tower Of London

The Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London

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Anna Dennis

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Pianist

John Reid

Try Me, Good King

London

United Kingdom

Church Of St Peter Ad Vincula, Tower Of London

Try Me, Good King: Try Me, Good King Larsen, L. (+4 More)

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Dum transisset Sabbatum

O Death Rock Me to Sleep

Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater

Sorowfull Songes

Jnanakumar P

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A real treat of lovers of Tudor history, and Anne Boleyn in particular, this concert takes its inspiration and title from the work by American composer Libby Larsen, based on the final letters and gallows speeches of the first five wives of Henry VIII, mere metres from where two of them met their fate by beheading.

It’s paired with Julian Philips’ setting of texts by the great Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, who was rumoured to be infatuated with the Queen, leading to his imprisonment in the Tower. The programme is completed by music from the Tudor court – sung by the Choir of the Chapels Royal, under their Music Director Colm Carey – and new poetry by Rachel Long, A Necklace for Anne Boleyn, read by Vanessa Kisuule.

English

Try Me, Good King by Larsen, L., Taverner, Boleyn, Tallis, Philips, J., From (2023/2023), Conductor Colm Carey, Church Of St Peter Ad Vincula, Tower Of London, London, United Kingdom

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