Pamela Nash writes:One of the North West's most pre-eminent literary venues will play host to a unique event this September as part of their “Brontë 200” celebrations. Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Manchester celebrates the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë's birth with two world premiere song settings by composer Robin Walker as well as readings from poets Philip Watts and Edwin Stockdale. Soprano Lesley-Jane Rogers will be joined by pianist Janet Simpson and violinist Suzanne Casey.
The musical and literary inspiration for the programme is drawn from the themes of unobtainable love, from the writings of both Charlotte and Emily Brontë. Walker's setting of Charlotte's unrequited love letters to Constantin Héger, “Letter to Brussels” for soprano and piano and his dramatic scena setting of Emily's poem “Self-Interrogation” for soprano, violin and piano are complemented by readings of Stockdale's Brontë-inspired poems alongside the poetry of the Brontë sisters themselves.
Saturday, September 17th, 7pm, Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester M13 9LW.
Watch this space for further updates, but enquiries may be sent to Pamela Nash: nashhpschdnew@aol.com
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