'Til all our tears run dry
Silver Swan at Battersea Arts Centre, 1999. Image by Tim Nunn.
27.MARCH.2025 // 19:30
In this unique promenade performance, Royal Northern College of Music’s Chamber Choir and Clod Ensemble invite you to explore the intricate architecture and epic acoustics of Manchester’s historic Victoria Baths.
Twenty-eight singers lead the audience through the building, sharing songs that explore themes of yearning, memory, loss and change. Featuring five new commissions from RNCM students and existing pieces from Clod Ensemble’s repertoire, including excerpts from the acclaimed scores for Silver Swan and Zero. Each song shines a light on a different facet of the theme – providing a space to reflect on the ache of absence and the spaces of possibility that flow from it.
This event is a part of Choreozone, Clod Ensemble’s multi-year project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Choreozone focuses on the sharing and reinterpretation of Clod Ensemble’s rich multimedia archive.
For more information on Choreozone, click here.
Track List
- Prayer (from On The High Road, 2019)
By Paul Clark
2. Buddhist Prayer (2025)
By Katherine Lee, adapted from traditional Buddhist Prayers
3. She Weepeth Sore in the Night (from Silver Swan, 1999)
By Paul Clark (after John Smith)
4. April Showers (2025)
By Rob Hughes, lyrics by Geoffry Chaucer
5. Muchos Bewegungen (2025)
By Jacob S Jackson, lyrics drawn from across the programme
6. Coloro (from An Anatomie in Four Quarters, 2011)
By Paul Clark, lyrics from anon. c17th Italian poems
7. Snow (from installation Snow, 2018)
By Paul Clark, lyrics by Peggy Shaw
- Goodbye (from On The High Road, 2019)
By Paul Clark, lyrics by Paul Clark and Peggy Shaw
9. Sweet Mimosa (from Zero, 2013)
By Paul Clark, lyrics by Paul Clark and Peggy Shaw
10. Oddicatref (2025)
By Ella Laughton, lyric anon. traditional Welsh
11. Oh if a Tree Could Wander (2025)
By Felix Do, lyric extract from poem by Rumi
12. The Old Language (2025)
By Paul Clark, lyrics extract from Drone, unpublished text by Alice Oswald
