Haydn - Seven Last Words

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I'm delighted to be giving a special performance this Easter with the celebrated Bridge Quartet at the beautiful church of St Mary’s Boyton in Wiltshire on Friday April 1st. The concert will feature Joseph Haydn’s timeless, soul-searching string quartet The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, originally commissioned in 1786 for the Good Friday Service at the Oratorio de la Santa Cueva, with the movements separated by devotional words and meditations. This special performance recreates Haydn’s original plan by interspersing the movements with readings by me of classic and contemporary poetry, including works by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Philip Larkin and others. The programme was performed to acclaim in London during Easter 2019 and revived for a memorable livestreamed lockdown performance on Good Friday 2021.

  • Friday 1st April at 7pm

  • St Mary’s Church, Boyton, Warminster, BA12 0SS

  • Tickets: £10/£15

  • Available by email from William Mitchell (boyton7lw@gmail.com)