“I read for the same reason that I ate or drank; because it was a real craving of nature.”

Join Kantos Chamber Choir as we examine the lives and passions of the mysterious Brontë sisters through the eyes of their friend and supporter, Elizabeth Gaskell.

Kantos will evoke the wild, exposed landscapes of a lonely existence on the moors for three exceptional women, who found escape and freedom in their imagined worlds. An hour-long programme of choral music and spoken word will immerse us in their isolated hilltop hive of creativity from where the sisters wove their intricate stories of desire, devotion, depravity and despair.

Elizabeth Gaskell expert, Sherry Ashworth, joins us to curate and present the programme for this unique performance. 

In partnership with Library Live, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House & Brontë Parsonage Museum .

THE MUSIC

John Ireland - The Hills

Helena Paish - Life

Tõnu Kõrvits - The Night is Darkening Round Me

Helen Neeves - Speak of the North!

Kate Bush arr. Malene Rigtrup - Wuthering Heights

Sophie Nolan - Ira Vos Totos Consumet

Amy Beach - Peace I Leave With You

Cecilia McDowall - Snow

Robert Pearsall - Lay a Garland

John Tavener - Funeral Ikos

Toby Hession - She Walks in Beauty

Gerald Finzi - My Spirit Sang All Day

Joan Szymko - Finding Her Here

Doors: 16:00

Q&A Session with Kantos' Artistic Director, Ellie Slorach and Elizabeth Gaskell expert, Sherry Ashworth: 16:30-17:00

Choral performance: 17:00-18:00

The tickets for this performance operate on a Pay What You Can basis; you choose the ticket band that you are able or happy to pay for.