MONDAY 27 AUGUST, 12.00 midday - St Mary's Church, Boxford

The French Ambassadors

Music associated with the painting by Hans Holbein (1533)

Frottola

Jennie Cassidy (voice), Philip Thorby (recorder & viol), Jacob Heringman (lute)

with Jack Edwards (reader)

devised by Jennie Cassidy

This fascinating and acclaimed programme creates a ‘sound picture’ of one of Holbein’s greatest and most enigmatic paintings. Drawing on many literary, musical and pictorial sources, it explores the complex layers of imagery in the painting, including those that refer to the intellectual and artistic interests of the French aristocrats portrayed in the painting, and the life and loves of Henry VIII’s court. Music by Henry VIII, William Cornish, Antoine Busnois, Josquin des Pres, Philip van Wilder and others.