Layer Marney Tower, 14 Dec 2025
After the success of the performance in December 2024, we look forward to the return of Wild Arts and their iconic Christmas celebration.
The period specialist players of the Wild Arts Ensemble join the star singers of the summer opera tour for an innovative version of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
Our star singers bring the music and story to life, and this time will sing both solos and choruses from memory. The specialist period players of the Wild Arts Ensemble will play on natural trumpets, gut strings, baroque bows and calfskin timps. Doors will open at 3pm, and the performance will begin at 4pm, with a 20 minute interval. The performance should finish by 6.30pm.
Our hosts Nick and Sheila Charrington and the Wild Arts team invite anyone who is a Friend of Wild Arts or who is interested in becoming one, to join us at the end of the performance for a glass or two of fizz in the beautiful Long Gallery.
Tickets £65 | £45 | £35
England's tallest Tudor gatehouse, dating from the 1520s
Layer Marney, Colchester, CO5 9US
01206 330 784 / info@layermarneytower.co.uk