If you can read Latin hexameters to a reasonable standard, this is an unmissable opportunity. Emma Kirkby is undoubtably the greatest singing English Classicists ever. I've got all her records! From vinyl LPs to the present day. The performance referred in the following communication (through email) would take place in Gloucester Cathedral. If anybody is interested, I can put you in contact:
George Sharpley writes (The LATIN QVARTER) 'I am producing a presentation of Virgil's Aeneid (abridged to about 90 minutes), telling the story of the Aeneid from start to finish, if selectively. I have a very urgent problem (!). For the first presentation (Saturday 9th June) one of my female readers has had to stand down, and as the project is in its infancy we do not yet have a pool of seasoned performers. Can you pass this message on to anyone who might be able to help? A winner of a schools' reading competition - or similar - would be an obvious candidate. As possibly their teachers! There will be four Latin readers and an English narrator linking the pieces. The new reader will team up with Emma Kirkby (soprano singer and classicist), Matthew Hargreaves and Steve Wright. We hope to have a piper adding musical accompaniment. There is a sample of a previous reading here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04w3cks If you can help or have a suggestion please let me know!
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