
Music of a Thousand Breaths: The Pickering Frescoes
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Description
The extensive medieval wall paintings at Pickering Church depict some of the most vivid and dramatic moments from sacred history and myth: St George spearing a dragon, St Christopher carrying the Christ child, and the martyrdom of St Catherine, St Edmund and St Thomas are all presented here, along with the crucifixion and resurrection.
York-based composer David Lancaster has collaborated with poet and novelist Abi Curtis to create a performance which breathes life into the painted figures and allows them to tell their stories in song, instrumental music and dance.
This unique performance will be given by Ensemble 1450 - a brilliant group of young professional performers - in the Church at Pickering, surrounded by the paintings themselves, and will include sacred music of the renaissance and an electronic soundscape by David Power.
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Words by Abi Curtis
Music by David Lancaster
Saturday 21st July 2018 at 7:30 pm
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering, North Yorkshire
Admission £8/5 (all proceeds to Pickering Parish Church’s Heritage Project)