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Mary's Hand

Music Theatre by Di Sherlock & Martin Bussey

Part of the Music in Pinner 2018/2019

Add to my Calendar 27-04-2019 19:30 27-04-2019 21:30 36 Mary's Hand Mary’s Hand is a new music theatre project about the life and reign of Queen Mary I.It’s a little-known fact that Mary loved to play games of chance. Over a game – in which the audience gets to choose the next card to be turned – Mary reflects upon the influences and events in her life: her father Henry VIII, her mother Katherine of Aragon, her Catholic faith, as well as the perceived causes of her troubles; her half-brother Edward VI, half-sister Elizabeth I, the ever-stronger Protestant faith, and her desperate desire for a child.. With words by Di Sherlock and music by Martin Bussey, Mary’s Hand is performed by solo mezzo-soprano Clare McCaldin and is scored for 'cello, trumpet and oboe doubling cor anglais.   Pinner Parish Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Pinner Parish Church
Church Lane
Harrow
London
HA5 3AA
England

Programme

Martin Bussey – Mary's Hand

Performers

Clare McCaldin – mezzo-soprano
Di Sherlock – librettist

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Programme Note

Mary’s Hand is a new music theatre project about the life and reign of Queen Mary I.It’s a little-known fact that Mary loved to play games of chance. Over a game – in which the audience gets to choose the next card to be turned – Mary reflects upon the influences and events in her life: her father Henry VIII, her mother Katherine of Aragon, her Catholic faith, as well as the perceived causes of her troubles; her half-brother Edward VI, half-sister Elizabeth I, the ever-stronger Protestant faith, and her desperate desire for a child..

With words by Di Sherlock and music by Martin Bussey, Mary’s Hand is performed by solo mezzo-soprano Clare McCaldin and is scored for 'cello, trumpet and oboe doubling cor anglais.

 

Clare McCaldin

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