Secret Byrd
featuring The Gesualdo Six with Abendmusik
Created and Directed by Bill Barclay
Produced by Concert Theatre Works
Owain Park Director, The Gesualdo Six
Patricia Ann Neely Director, Abendmusik
Composer William Byrd was a covert Catholic facing brutal persecution during the Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. Hear Byrd’s Mass for 5 Voices as he intended: sung for worship in strictest secrecy.
Co-commissioned by St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and Washington National Cathedral, Secret Byrd has sold-out dozens of performances across the US and UK. Part concert, part theatre, this immersive staged mass invites you to commune with some of the most ravishing music ever written.
Guaranteed seating is limited. Audiences are encouraged to move around the space and experience the performance on foot.