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SUMMARY:Bridge Quartet & actor Christopher Kent perform Haydn's Seven Last
  Words of Christ 31st March @ 7pm
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DESCRIPTION:Lent 2023  -  Holy Trinity Church\, Dilton Marsh welcomes inte
 rnationally renowned Bridge Quartet and actor Christopher Kent\, performin
 g and narrating Haydn’s ‘Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
 ’ in music and readings.                     Friday 31st March 2023 at 7
 pm\n \n31 March 2023 marks the 291st anniversary of the birth of Joseph Ha
 ydn. \nHoly Trinity church is delighted to let you know that\, following t
 heir highly acclaimed sell-out concert at nearby Boyton Church in April 20
 22\, the celebrated Bridge Quartet return to perform the great composer’
 s work  - Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross - in Dilton Marsh a
 t 7pm on Friday 31st March 2023.  \n\nThe Bridge Quartet’s Colin Twigg i
 s first violinist at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. \nThe conc
 ert will recreate Haydn’s original plan by interspersing the music with 
 readings of classic and contemporary poetry\, including works by Shakespea
 re\, Emily Dickinson\, Mary Oliver\, and Philip Larkin.  These will be re
 ad by the acclaimed actor Christopher Kent. Some of you may remember the m
 oving recital of poems and piano music  - Never Such Innocence – which C
 hristopher brought to nearby Sutton Veny in 2018. \nHaydn’s Seven Last W
 ords of Our Saviour on the Cross was originally commissioned by the Bishop
  of Cadiz in 1786 for the Good Friday Service at the Oratorio de la Santa 
 Cueva.  The Bridge Quartet programme was performed to acclaim in London du
 ring Easter 2019\, and revived for a memorable live-streamed lockdown perf
 ormance on Good Friday 2021. It had its first Wiltshire  performance at Bo
 yton Church in the Wylye Valley in April 2022..\nHoly Trinity Church Dilto
 n Marsh is one of Wiltshire’s outstanding Victorian churches. Famous for
  its remarkable Romanesque style architecture\, it is bursting with histor
 ical interest and provides an appropriately intimate and acoustic setting 
 for the concert.\nThe concert will begin at 7pm on Friday 31st March 2023 
 and will run for 75 minutes with no break.    \nGiven the sell-out success
  of the April 2022 performance\, tickets priced at £12.00\, to include a 
 glass of wine or juice\, are likely to sell out fast and we urge you to re
 spond promptly to guarantee your seats.  \nTo place an order\, please cont
 act William Mitchell on boyton7lw@gmail.com detailing the number of seats 
 required. \nTickets also available in church from Garth Brocksopp on 01373
  822414.\nThis is a not for profit event with all proceeds being donated t
 o Holy Trinity Church\, Dilton Marsh
LOCATION:Dilton Marsh: Holy Trinity\, BA13 4BU
URL:https://www.bridgequartet.com/
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