Charivari Agréable
In Envy of the Night
Dark Deeds twixt Dusk and Dawn
Isobel Collyer (reader & soprano), Layil Barr (recorders & bass viol), Kah-Ming Ng (virginals)
An enthralling narrative of witchcraft in court intrigues, domestic terrorism and foreign policy in Tudor and Jacobean England. In an age when the boundary between science and sorcery is fluid, we recall aspects of the dealings of polymath alchemist Dr John Dee, illuminated with readings from contemporary correspondence, as well as sonnets and speeches from Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Tempest, and illustrated with music by Byrd, Gibbons, Farnaby, Lawes, Tomkins, including our unique re-imagining of the haunting ballad The Three Ravens and the masque song In Envy of the Night.
Oxford Early Music by Candlelight
Sun, 20 July 2025
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
7:30pm
£17 | £16 (seniors) | £10 (students u25)
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An enthralling narrative of witchcraft in court intrigues, domestic terrorism and foreign policy in Tudor and Jacobean England. In an age when the boundary between science and sorcery is fluid, we recall aspects of the dealings of polymath alchemist Dr John Dee, illuminated with readings from contemporary correspondence, as well as sonnets and speeches from Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Tempest, and illustrated with music by Byrd, Gibbons, Farnaby, Lawes, Tomkins, including our unique re-imagining of the haunting ballad The Three Ravens and the masque song In Envy of the Night.
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Location
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DP