Drop Drop
Water: essential, powerful, and increasingly under threat; it lies at the heart of life itself.
Dive in to a choral exploration of our relationship with water, reflecting both its immense power and its moments of profound stillness. With music spanning the centuries, we float from plainchant and Renaissance motets to traditional sea songs and a Kantos-commissioned work by Shruthi Rajasekar. Weaving throughout are four settings of Drop, Drop, Slow Tears by Phineas Fletcher, each offering a distinct perspective on this heart-rending text.
As the choir moves throughout the venue, each work flows seamlessly into the next, inviting the audience into a continuous soundworld that mirrors the movement of water itself.
At Bolton Abbey, take in the beauty of the historic ruins and the river flowing through the landscape before joining us in The Priory Church.
At Victoria Baths, experience a bird’s-eye view of the performance as the choir sings in and around the magnificent empty swimming pool.
access
Bolton Priory is step-free and suitable for wheelchair users.
The performance at Victoria Baths will have step-free access seating available; please contact Victoria Baths in advance to reserve this: enquiries@victoriabaths.org.uk
where & when
BOLTON PRIORY | Saturday 26 September 19.30
Bolton Priory, Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6AL
MANCHESTER | Sunday 27 September 15.00
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0FE
The performance will last around 1 hour and 15 minutes without an interval.
The Music
Hildegard von Bingen Deus enim rorem in illas misit
Trad. arr. Bengt Ollén Trilo
Trad. Kyivan Chant By the Waters of Babylon
William Walton A Litany ‘Drop, Drop, Slow Tears’
Jamie W. Hall Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Shruthi Rajasekar Slow Tears
Anders Edenroth Water
Gregorian Chant Vidi Aquam
Trad. arr. Lee Kesselman Afton Water
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sicut Cervus
Eric Whitacre Water Night
Orlando Gibbons Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Katerina Gimon Water
Paul Mealor Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Trad. Improvised Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
the artists
Artistic Director Ellie Slorach