Forever Green

Forever Green

Come along to Manchester Cathedral for a charity concert reflecting on climate change. The Juna Quartet, a prize-winning string group studying at the RNCM, will perform a programme centred around Caroline Shaw’s ‘The Evergreen’, a piece written in admiration for an old tree. Music written by ensemble’s violist, Estelle Gonzalez, and cellist, Elena Edwards, will feature in the concert along with Beethoven’s first string quartet. For some of these pieces they will be joined by singer Eva Jones.

Manchester Friends of The Earth have kindly partnered with the musicians on this project and they will have a stall at the event. The audience will hear from the charity about some of the work they are doing and will be invited to make a donation if they are able.

This concert aims to give people space to process their feelings about the climate emergency, as well as encouraging action and awareness. The audience is warmly welcomed to share their thoughts either in conversation or anonymously on a communal notice board.

Note: This event is free and un-ticketed. All welcome! (Singing up for an e-ticket on this page is not a necessity but helps to gauge numbers).

Programme:

- Caroline Shaw: The Evergreen: I. Moss, II. Stem, III. Water, IV. Root

- Caroline Shaw: Other Song

- Estelle Gonzalez: To Grow

Short Interval

- Ludvig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.1 in F Major, Op.18 No.1: I. Allegro con brio, II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato, III. Scherzo. Allegro molto, IV: Allegro

- Elena Edwards: Elephant

Host or Publisher Juna Quartet