Back in January I mentioned
the series of concerts staged to mark the Raleigh 400th anniversary
by lutenist Din Ghani and soprano Gillian Wormley, members of the group Musick
in the Ayre.
The group’s musical styles range from Renaissance to early Baroque, and
the 2018 programme has been chosen with Sir Walter’s poems in mind: there are
songs based on his works as well as some associated with other significant
personages - Queen Elizabeth, the Earl of Essex, Prince Henry to name a few -
and with the New World which fascinated Raleigh.
St
Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter. The church was built between 1865 and
1868 and is said to possess the highest spire west of Salisbury at 70 m (230 ft
Photo © Copyright Chris Holifield
This Saturday's concert is entitled ‘Amor et virtute: a portrait in song of Walter Raleigh’, and
takes place in the Exeter church of St Michael and All Angels, Mount Dinham. The
programme, put together by Din Ghani, will be similar to that performed at the
National Portrait Gallery in London on 23 February.
St Michael and
All Angels has a special connection to the Great Devonian. Raleigh’s interest
in falconry is well known, and the church is celebrated for its peregrine
falcons, described
as probably the most productive and thoroughly
researched family of nesting falcons in Devon!
Come along this Saturday 22
September and celebrate Sir Walter’s life with Musick in the Ayre and their 'Amor
et virtute' concert in honour of the Raleigh's 400th anniversary. The concert is from 3.00 - 4.00 pm. Doors open at 2.30 pm.
Tickets £12 at the door
(seniors £10; u 16 £6), online booking arrangements with £1 discount via https://www.ticketsource.
Details about the church are
at https://www.stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk/
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