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Penistone Hill Country Park is one of the wild glories of Bradford District. Earth & Sky invites 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 will take in everything from electronic innovations to African influences, woven together with field recordings by Sarah Keirle, 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 uses state-of-the-art geolocation technology: with what you hear through your headphones triggered by every step you take – with the app available to download from late May.

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

The Earth & Sky App
The Earth & Sky mobile app will be available to download onto your own smartphone or tablet from the 24 May.

If you would prefer to borrow a device and explore the audio world of Earth & Sky on one of our pre-loaded smartphone, you can book a free ticket below to borrow a smartphone and headphones with the app already downloaded.

Earth & Sky: borrow a device →

Credits: An Opera North commission for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
Supported by The Delius Trust.

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