What's On

Programme

Anon Gregorian Plainchant
Gregorio Allegri Miserere
Carlo Gesualdo O vos omnes
William Byrd Ave Maria
Barbara Strozzi arr Slorach Che si può fare?
Rory Wainwright Johnston Ave Maria
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sicut cervus
Camden Reeves Spells, Remedies and Potions – The Pendle Witch Trials
Hildegard von Bingen Quia ergo femina

Performers

Ellie Slorach conductor
Kantos Chamber Choir

About

Part of Legends and Lore and Inspirational Artists

We recently caught up with Kantos conductor Ellie Slorach. Read our full interview with her.

The infamous stories of the trials, torture, and execution of witches are surely just abominable tales of a bygone era?

Yet, with each and every unspeakable act we witness in the modern world, perhaps the Witch Trials tell us just as much about human nature today.

Music and spoken word sit alongside one another in this evening of music, offering an immersive reflection on the Lancashire Witch Trials of 1612. The programme gives us all a chance to grieve the senseless loss of life and confront some heavy truths while hearing some of the actual texts from the trials of 1612. Featuring Camden Reeves’ haunting Spells, Remedies and Potions – ‘think Black Sabbath and Metallica but for sopranos’– alongside music by Allegri, Byrd, Hildegard, Wainwright Johnston, and an arrangement of a 17th century Barbara Strozzi song by Ellie Slorach,

This performance is a captivating journey to a dark past and back again.

Our Inspirational Artists series is graciously support by The Haworth Trust.

Photo credit: Eve Powers

Tickets

Full Price £22
Student/Under 26 £14

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 9.30pm.

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