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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.
York Early Music Christmas Festival
Sat, 2 December 2023
National Centre for Early Music, York
8:30pm
£35 with soup, £30 without
Full Event Details
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.
Venue Details & Map
Location
National Centre for Early Music, York
Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, United Kingdom
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Secret Byrd
- Fri, 27 January 2023
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
- 6:00pm
- £35/£30
Secret Byrd
- Fri, 27 January 2023
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
- 9:00pm
- £35/£30
Secret Byrd
- Sat, 28 January 2023
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
- 6:00pm
- £35/£30
Secret Byrd
- Sat, 28 January 2023
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
- 9:00pm
- £35/£30
Secret Byrd
- Thu, 29 June 2023
- Abingdon Abbey Buildings 18 Thames St, Abingdon OX14 3HZ
- 6:00pm
- £35 with soup, £30, concessions
Secret Byrd
- Thu, 7 September 2023
- The Mount Without, Bristol
- 7:00pm
- £30, £35 with soup
Secret Byrd
- Wed, 13 September 2023
- Lammermuir Festival, St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington EH41 4DA
- 7:00pm
- £26.25, concessions
- Lammermuir Festival
Secret Byrd
- Sat, 2 December 2023
- National Centre for Early Music, York
- 6:00pm
- £35 with soup, £30 without
- York Early Music Christmas Festival
Secret Byrd
- Thu, 5 September 2024
- Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
- 8:30pm
- £45 (with food) | £20