Sat 21 Mar 2026

• 19:30

  Anthracite Fields

  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

  Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe

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  Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe

  Programme

  • • • Gabriela Lena Frank
      • Jalapeño Blues*Performed by the BBC Singers only, conducted by Ellie Slorach
    • • Julia Wolfe
      • Anthracite Fields
    • • Laura Bowler
      • SCALLOP (world premiere)

  Performers

  • John Storgårds

    conductor
    conductor
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    orchestra
    orchestra
  • BBC Singers

    choir
    choir
  • Ellie Slorach

    Conductor*
    Conductor*

  Composers

  • Gabriela Lena Frank
  • Julia Wolfe
  • Laura Bowler

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  Also part of

  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 2025-26 Season