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| Manchester Camerata & Kantos explore space with the James Webb Space Telescope |
The Manchester Camerata will be giving a pair of concerts in its home, the Monastery in Gorton, Manchester [see my 2023 article about Manchester Camerata at the Monastery] on Sunday 9 February 2025 conducted by Ellie Slorach and they will be joined by the choir, Kantos. The programme encourages listeners to embark on an immersive sonic journey through the cosmos beginning with Jonathan Dove’s Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars (originally for choir and organ) and moving through music including Uranus from Holst’s The Planets, Sarah Rimkus’ An Account of a Comet (inspired by Caroline Herschel, one of the first women to be paid for her work as a scientist), Esenvalds’s magical Stars (for choir and tuned wine glasses) and Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst (for string orchestra), along with music by Ola Gjeilo, Lili Boulanger, Gesualdo, and Dan Forrest.
Images from the James Webb Space Telescope will be projected onto the Great Nave of the Monastery, creating a stunning audio-visual atmosphere. The largest telescope in space, the James Webb Space Telescope is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Full details from the Manchester Camerata’s website.
