Witness an extraordinary, immersive concert experience like never before in San Francisco’s stunning Grace Cathedral. The UK’s The Gesualdo Six and the Bay Area’s Wildcat Viols present a groundbreaking collaboration with Concert Theatre Works in a unique event honoring the 400-year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers. Directed by Bill Barclay, Secret Byrd brings the historical context of Byrd’s music to life through a ritualistic, theatrical staging by candlelight, recreating the profound spiritual intensity of forbidden Catholicism in Reformation England. The sublime, high renaissance style of Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices is interspersed with other secular & sacred works, inviting listeners into a mystical journey with particular resonance in today’s world.
Presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS)
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JULY 17 & 18, 6:30 & 9:30 PM
Grace Cathedral
1100 California St, San Francisco
