| Friday 14 November 2025 | 20:00 |
| Anonymous | Gregorian Plainchant | |
| Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652) | Miserere mei, Deus | |
| Gesualdo, Carlo (1560-1613) | O vos omnes | |
| Byrd, William (1540-1623) | Ave Maria | |
| Strozzi, Barbara (1619-1677) | Che si può fare (arr. Slorach) | |
| Wainwright Johnston, Rory (b. 1993) | Ave Maria | |
| Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594) | Sicut cervus | |
| Reeves, Camden (b. 1974) | Spells, Remedies and Potions – The Pendle Witch Trials | |
| von Bingen, Hildegard (1098-1179) | Quia ergo Femina |
| Ellie Slorach | Conductor |
| Kantos |
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 supported by The Haworth Trust.
