Songs at the Year End

Opera North
Leeds
World premiere 27 April 2010
Written by one of the UK's best known poets and the University of Boltons visiting professor Ian McMillan accompanied by images made by Ian Beesley Course leader for MA Photography This world premiere of a new song-cycle for brass band, choir and soloists looks back at the moment in 1985 when the miners of south Yorkshire returned to work after a full year on strike. McMillan's words portray the changing landscape and the families struggling to stay together.