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John Hegley worked with Year 7 students from Hackney
Free and Parochial School. The whole year group
came to the National Gallery for the masterclass,
some students visiting the Gallery for the very
first time. They spent an hour with John looking
at the stories behind Greek Mythological paintings.
When they saw 'The Death of Eurydice' by Niccolo
dell'Abate, John told them how Orpheus travelled
down to the underworld to bring back his wife Eurydice
after she was killed by a poisonous snake. He described
the difficult journey and how Orpheus was granted
his wish to return to the world above with Eurydice,
but only on the condition he did not look back to
see if she was following him on the way up. The
students learnt that at the end of the story Eurydice
vanished and Orpheus spent the rest of his days
playing music to the animals. John then asked the
students to write some lyrics for Orpheus, and John
sang these in front of the painting in the Gallery. |
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