Programme
John Wilson
Free Trade Hall, Northern School Of Music (NSM)
1970

Golden Jubilee celebrated with "A Pilgrim's Progress". It's a "morality" opera sort of, like the Everyman play they liked to use, and has strong Christian themes. The school itself had a thorough grounding in Christian faith, having school masses and psalms/hymns at the termly school assemblies.
A journey of struggle and triumph, perhaps there is metaphor in the programming choice.
A coffee in the back between alumni and performers sounds like a delightful invitation.

Ref: NSM/20

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund