The Fire and the Hammer

Rebecca Leuchak reports on the performance of an epic Quaker work in Rhode Island

John Sheldon conducting. | Photo: Photo: Skip Schiel.

The Fire and the Hammer is an epic work – with readers, chorus, soloists, piano and percussion – that recounts the story of young George Fox and the founding of Quakerism. It was composed by Tony Biggin and has a libretto by Alec Davison.

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