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The Seven Last Words

The William Byrd Singers
The Martindale String Quartet
Stephen Wilkinson conductor

7.30 Saturday 16 May 2009, Christ Church, West Didsbury

The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross by Haydn, interleaved with Responsoria in Parasceve (The Responsories for Good Friday) by Gesualdo

‘The note of pathos and tragedy which rings from virtually every line of these scriptures had never before been caught with such a vision’. (Glenn Watkins on The Responsoria).

‘Every movement is simply expressed in such a way that even the most uninitiated listener will be moved to the depths of his soul’. (Haydn on his Seven Last Words).

Tickets £9.00 (£8.00 concessions, £4.00 students) at the door or from choir members.