Something exciting to tell you...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

Love is universal. Love is for everyone. Love is all around. Love is love.

Join Kantos for a performance that charts the course of true love, which never did run smooth. Interspersing choral works and poetry by old romantics and young lovers, we'll melt your heart with love songs - no crooning though, we promise! We feature works by contemporary composers Derri Joseph Lewis, Alex Groves and Mari Esabel Valverde, who share fresh perspectives on LGBTQ+ lives and lovers.

You’re invited to join Kantos to celebrate love, loving and being loved. After all, love is all you need.

The Music

Abbie Betinis - Love is Love is Love is Love
Derri Joseph Lewis - Something Exciting
Morten Lauridsen - Six 'Firesongs' on Italian Renaissance Poems No.1
Carlo Gesualdo - Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Mari Esabel Valverde - Before Spring
Claudio Monteverdi - Sì ch'io vorrei morire
Morten Lauridsen - Six 'Firesongs' on Italian Renaissance Poems No.6
Alex Groves - Stream & Pool
Peretti, Creatore, Weiss arr. Alan Billingsley - Can't Help Falling in Love
Gerald Finzi - My Spirit Sang All Day
William Walton - Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart
Kristina Arakelyan - Two Love Songs, No.2 A Birthday
Percy Grainger - Mo Nighean Dubh
John Farmer - Fair Phyllis
Trad. Improvisation – Greensleeves
Thomas Morley - Now Is The Month of Maying
James MacMillan - Lassie, Wad Ye Loe Me?
Mari Esabel Valverde - Best Wishes
…plus words & poetry

Guest artists

Paul Whittaker - British Sign Language Interpreter