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A dark moorland scene with rocks in the foreground and a reservoir in the background. Laid on the moorland are fluorescent lighting tubes.
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24 May – 12 Oct 2025

Penistone Hill Country Park

Earth & Sky

Opera North

An immersive sound walk for the moors above Haworth.

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Penistone Hill Country Park is one of the wild glories of Bradford District. Earth & Sky invited us to take a fresh look at this expansive landscape – with music as our guide.

Bradford 2025 and Opera North have invited composers Caterina Barbieri, Nyokabi Kariũki and Gwen Siôn to create new music and sound works inspired by Penistone Hill – and by the music of Bradford-born composer Frederick Delius.

The dramatic soundscape took in everything from electronic innovations to African influences, woven together with field recordings by Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos, new poetry written by Bradford-born poet Nabeelah Hafeez and performances of Delius’s music by the Orchestra of Opera North. This ever-changing sound world used state-of-the-art geolocation technology: with what you hear through your headphones triggered by every step you take.

Earth & Sky was part of Wild Uplands, a series of exciting new artworks created for the vast skies and epic moorland views of Penistone Hill. 

Earth & Sky: A new, immersive GPS-triggered soundwalk
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An Opera North commission for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
Supported by The Delius Trust.

Lead image: © Tom Arber
A woman with long dark hair and wearing a denim jack and jeans looks at the camera, there's a landscape behind her.
Caterina Barbieri: © Tom Arber
A woman wearing a patterned outfit and a long green jacket looks to the camera, there's a rock face with lights behind her.
Gwen Siôn: © Tom Arber
A woman wearing a blue and white dress looks at the camera, with a green landscape behind her.
Nyokabi Kariuki: © Tom Arber
A woman with short brown hair smiles at the camera - she is wearing a white top and there are rocks in the background.
Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos: © Tom Arber
A woman wearing a white coat looks away, with rolling green hills behind her.
Nabeelah Hafeez: © Tom Arber
A full symphony orchestra in concert dress perform in a town hall.
The Orchestra of Opera North: © Justin Slee

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Credits

Caterina Barbieri
Composer
Nyokabi Kariũki
Composer
Gwen Siôn
Composer
Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos
Sound Artist

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