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Bang! is an opera for young people by John Rutter to an English libretto by David Richard Grant. It was first performed in 1975. It was premiered at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon by the Trinity Boys Choir. The story is based on The Gunpowder Plot. The Catholics were persecuted terribly by James I, so they plotted to blow up the British Houses of Parliament. The story is narrated by the elusive Father Garnet, leader of the Jesuits.
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John Rutter

John Milford Rutter CBE (born September 24, 1945(1945-09-24)) is an English composer, choral conductor, editor, arranger and record producer. Born in London, he was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He then read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a...
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