{"id":460,"date":"2020-07-13T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2020-07-13T17:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:42:05","slug":"music-from-the-plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=460","title":{"rendered":"Music from the Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Mysteries, 1988-89 at Stantonbury<\/h3>\n<p>The Mysteries were performed in the round with the cast mingling with the audience when possible.The opening was a lively Maypole Dance by the Company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"\">Sun Hall, maypole dance<\/b> &#8211; Opening music played by The Cock &amp; Bull Band led by John- Pierre Rasle.<em><em><br \/>\nCock &amp; Bull Band: Pete Lockwood (keyboard, electric &amp; acoustic percussion); Paul Martin (mandolin cello, Appalachian dulcimer); Jean-Pierre (French &amp; English bagpipes).<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mysteries-opening-music.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mysteries-opening-music.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mysteries-opening-music.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"\">La Conterle<\/b> (comp. Jean-Pierre Rasle). Background for Joseph &amp; Mary travelling to Bethlehem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Joseph-Mary-theme.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Joseph-Mary-theme.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Joseph-Mary-theme.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"\">Lay me Low <\/b>(trad.) adapted by John Tams, sung by Maggie Holland and Brad Bradstock. Sung as the audience gathered round Mary for the birth of Jesus, all holding small electric torches on a darkened stage.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200706_0001-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200706_0001-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200706_0001.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lay-Me-Low.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lay-Me-Low.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lay-Me-Low.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>A Man for All Seasons by Richard Bolt, 1993 at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening music<\/strong> composed by Richard Holroyd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The tolling of birds, a bell, monks singing, and a royal fanfare signal the coming drama of Thomas More ,in his battle to oppose \u00c2\u00a0Henry V111\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s divorce.<\/div>\n<div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Man-for-all-season-music.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Man-for-all-season-music.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Man-for-all-season-music.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3><b class=\"\">The Crucible by Arthur Miller,\u00c2\u00a0 1994 at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening sounds<\/strong> of a powerful wind, and a tree being felled, into music composed by Brad Bradstock.<br \/>\nThe fall of the tree symbolised the destruction of the pioneer community in Salem, under the hammer blows of religious prejudice and hysteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crucible-music.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crucible-music.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crucible-music.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>The Mysteries, 1988-89 at Stantonbury<\/h3>\n<p>The Mysteries were performed in the round with the cast mingling with the audience when possible.The opening was a lively Maypole Dance by the Company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"\">Sun Hall, maypole dance<\/b> &#8211; Opening music played by The Cock &amp; Bull Band led by John- Pierre Rasle.<em><\/em><em><br \/>\nCock &amp; Bull Band: Pete Lockwood&hellip;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=460#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Music from the Plays<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}