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A Malmesbury townsman from 1703 looking suspiciously familiar 
The piemaker and drover - dancing to appreciative applause |
Hannah & the Tyger Christmas 2006 saw the production of Hannah & The Tyger being performed for the very first time in history. A piece composed by the ever-talented, perfectly pitched John Hughes, together with his colleague Mike Scanlon who brought forth the libretto. Complete details as follows:
Characters Piano - John Hughes
The Crowd (Chorus) - The Malmesbury Singers and members of the Malmesbury Abbey Choir Interspersed with a narrator who kept the story flowing, the tale told of a circus coming to town complete with resident tiger. The circus made camp in the gardens of the White Lion Inn, where Hannah Twynnoy worked as a barmaid. Unable to resist the temptation of stroking the tiger in between inn keeping, this ultimately led to her downfall. See Hannah Twynnoy for more details. Also see local news. 
Mike Scanlon & John Hughes 
From left to right: John Hughes, Adrian Johnson (the tyger), Rosie Archer (Hannah) & Iain Duffin (musical director and conductor) Pictures reproduced by kind permission of The Jackdaw an errant milkmaid... 
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Concert Feedback! Message from our Musical Director: Thank you all so much for all your hard work. It was a longish concert and a big sing and we acquitted ourselves very well. The Rutter Gloria was very exciting and all those "tricky bits" that we had worked so hard on came off. The Parry (I was Glad) was a really impressive "curtain raiser" and to follow that with such a sensitive rendition of Bruckner's Ave Maria was impressive. |