Kantos Chamber ChoirSpoken Word & Co-Curator - Dr Sherry AshworthConductor & Co-Curator - Ellie SlorachLANCASTER | Thursday 12 November 20.00 (Pre-Concert Talk 19.30)Lancaster Arts, Great Hall, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4ZAMANCHESTER | Saturday 14 November 20.00 (Pre-Concert Talk 19.30)Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DAHAWORTH | Sunday 15 November 16.45 (Pre-Concert Talk 16.30)St Michael and All Angels Church, Church Street, Haworth BD22 8DP'I read for the same reason that I ate or drank; because it was a real craving of nature.’
Step into the world of the Brontë sisters with Kantos Chamber Choir in an evocative evening of choral music and spoken word inspired by the lives and imaginations of one of literature’s most extraordinary families.
Seen through the eyes of their friend and champion, Elizabeth Gaskell, this immersive hour-long performance transports audiences to the windswept Yorkshire moors. Here Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë wrote stories filled with desire, devotion, depravity and despair, challenging the social expectations and constraints placed upon women of their time.
Elizabeth Gaskell specialist, Dr Sherry Ashworth, joins Kantos as co-curator and presenter for this unique performance, bringing the sisters’ isolated yet fiercely creative world vividly to life.
The pre-concert talk will be a discussion between Dr Sherry Ashworth (Elizabeth Gaskell expert) and Ellie Slorach (Creative Director - Kantos Chamber Choir) about the content of the performance and the creative process of curating it together.Program:Helen Neeves Speak of the North!Words by Elizabeth GaskellJohn Ireland The HillsWords from Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë & Jane Eyre – Charlotte BrontëTõnu Kõrvits The Night is Darkening Round MePoem by Emily Brontë & Words by Elizabeth GaskellAmy Beach Peace I Leave With YouWords from Jane Eyre – Charlotte BrontëHelena Paish LifeGerald Finzi My Spirit Sang All DayWords from Jane Eyre – Charlotte BrontëTrad. arr. Charlie Perry Black is the Colour of My True Love’s HairWords from Wuthering Heights – Emily BrontëSophie Nolan Ira Vos Totos ConsumetWords from Wuthering Heights – Emily BrontëCecilia McDowall SnowNo Coward Soul Is Mine – Emily BrontëWords by Elizabeth GaskellRobert Pearsall Lay a GarlandWords by Elizabeth GaskellJohn Tavener Funeral IkosI’m Happiest When Most Away – Emily BrontëWords by Charlotte BrontëToby Hession She Walks in BeautyWords from Jane Eyre – Charlotte BrontëJoan Szymko Finding Her Here
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