Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, has been commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of the canal.

Composed and written by Ian Stephens and Ian McMillan, performed by hundreds of Blackburn’s choral voices of all ages, accompanied by the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, soprano, Amanda Roocroft and cellist, Jonathan Aasgaard.

This mass performance tells the story of the country’s longest waterway that was officially opened in October 1816, charting its triumphs and tragedies and the personal stories along the way, past and present.