What's On

Programme

Dobrinka Tabakova Such Different Paths
Kaija Saariaho String Quartet No 2 ‘Terra Memoria’
Traditional arr Rakhi Singh Veni Creator Spiritus
John Adams Shaker Loops with new text by Christ Bryan

Performers

Christ Bryan spoken word
Manchester Collective

About

Part of Legends and Lore and Inspirational Artists

Life, death, and divine ecstasy.

The Shakers – a Protestant sect originating in 18th-century Bolton, northwest England – believe in the power of music to achieve spiritual connection and transcendence.

Leaning into their own Northern roots, Manchester Collective is joined live by the lyrical force that is Christ Bryan, poet-in-residence at Salford’s iconic experimental and underground club The White Hotel. Bryan’s poetry vibrates and crashes into the pulsating rhythms of John Adams’ high-octane Shaker Loops, which pays homage to the communities the American composer grew up near on the East Coast.

Elsewhere, a mysterious ode to the departed and an ancient religious hymn invoke spirits into physical form.

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

Photo credit: Mike Skelton

Tickets

Full Price £22
Student/Under 26 £14

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will include an interval and will end at approximately 5.30pm.

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