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Witches, bitches, spinsters and whores! Women have been slandered and attacked whenever they have dared to stand up, fight back or be true to themselves. The more formidable the woman, the more ferocious the slurs. But, as American writer and activist Audre Lorde said unapologetically, Women are powerful and dangerous. In this spirit, The Fourth Choir is offering a concert in praise of self-identifying women across history, continents and all walks of life. Spanning politics, religion, journalism, science, sports and the arts, we will tell histories of both well-known and hidden women who changed our world from Queen Elizabeth I to Lady Phyll, from Sappho to Marielle Franco, and from Nina Simone to Lyra McKee. The music will be just as diverse as these amazing women are with compositions by African-American Rosephayne Powell, Baroque nun Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, and Italian singer Barbara Strozzi, as well as music honouring women written by John Wilbye, Francis Poulenc, and a set of Mexican folk songs by David Conte. The concert will also premiere a new commission by our Composer-in-Residence, Stuart Beach, a setting of a poem by Sofia Samatar called Girl Hours which remembers astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt who worked at Harvard in the 1890s and discovered a way to measure stellar distances using the pulsing of variable stars. An extraordinary concert demands an extraordinary venue and we are thrilled that this concert will be at Charterhouse, one of Londons largest hidden gems. This eight-acre site next to Smithfield Market has, since 1348, been variously a monastery, a private mansion, a boys school and an almshouse and yet it remains largely invisible to busy Londoners. In order to let our audience see as much of this historic site as possible, the performance will wander from the beautiful 16th century chapel to the 14th century cloister and then to the Great Chamber where the 25 year-old Elizabeth I held court when preparing for her coronation. Tickets will go on sale in September
Address : Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square,
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- 02 Jun – Brent Hawkes (1950–), Canadian pastor & LGBT rights activist
- 02 Jun – Wentworth Miller (1972–), English-born American actor & screenwriter
- 02 Jun – Zachary Quinto (1977–), American actor
- 02 Jun – Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher & writer
- 03 Jun – Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American beat poet
- 03 Jun – Anderson Cooper (1967–), American journalist, author & television personality
- 05 Jun – John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes, CB, FBA (1883 – 1946), English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory/practice of macroeconomics & the economic policies of governments
- 05 Jun – Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, playwright & theatre director
- 05 Jun – Troye Sivan (1995–), Australian actor & singer
- 05 Jun – Gustáv Slamečka (1959–), Czech politician
- 05 Jun – Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1926–1990), German aristocrat & businessman
- 06 Jun – Harvey Fierstein (1952–), American actor & playwright
- 07 Jun – James Ivory (1928–), American film director
- 09 Jun – Cole Porter (1891–1964), American composer & songwriter
- 10 Jun – Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American children's writer
- 10 Jun – Dustin Lance Black (1974–), American screenwriter, director, producer & LGBT rights activist
- 10 Jun – Sir Terence Rattigan CBE(1911–1977), British dramatist & screenwriter
- 10 Jun – Terrence Higgins (1945– 1982), born in Wales the Terrence Higgins Trust was set up in his memory as he was one of the 1st people to die of an Aids-related illness in the UK.
- 11 Jun – Mario Silva (1966–), Portuguese-Canadian legal scholar & politician
- 12 Jun – Jim Nabors (1930–), American actor & singer
- 13 Jun – Paul Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian & actor
- 14 Jun – Boy George (1961–), British singer-songwriter
- 14 Jun – Alan Carr (1976-), English comedian, broadcaster & writer
- 14 Jun – Paul O'Grady MBE (1955- ), English comedian, broadcaster, actor, writer & former drag queen Lily Savage.
- 15 Jun – Simon Callow CBE(1949- ), English actor, director & writer.
- 15 Jun – Neil Patrick Harris (1973–), American actor, singer, director & magician
- 16 Jun – Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), American author & trans activist
- 16 Jun – Joe McElderry (1991–), British singer & model
- 17 Jun – Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009), Brazilian fashion stylist, television presenter & politician
- 17 Jun – Steven Davies (1986–), English cricketer
- 17 Jun – Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), American writer & photographer
- 20 Jun – Allan Bell (1947–), Manx politician and Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
- 20 Jun – E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), American Author
- 22 Jun – Jimmy Somerville (1961–), Scottish pop singer
- 22 Jun – Sir Peter Pears CBE (1910-1986), English tenor. Composer Benjamin Britten was his personal & professional partner for nearly 40 years.
- 23 Jun - Alan Turing (1912–1954), English mathematician & computer scientist
- 25 Jun - Larry Kramer (1935–), American playwright, novelist &LGBT rights activist
- 25 Jun – George Michael (1963–2016), English singer, songwriter, record producer & philanthropist
- 26 Jun - Sean Hayes (1970–), American actor & comedian
- 28 Jun - Sunil Babu Pant (1972–), Nepalese politician & LGBT rights activist
- 28 Jun - Jim Kolbe (1942–), American politician, Republican congressman (Arizona) (1985–2003)
- 28 Jun - David Kopay (1942–), American football player
- 28 Jun – John Inman (1935 – 2007), English actor & singer best known for his role as Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served ?
- 30 Jun - Alan Joyce (1966–), Australian business executive & CEO of Qantas Airways
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