History telling brought to life

Philharmonia Orchestra and the female voices of the National Youth Choir of Scotland came together in Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth.

A couple of nights ago I was lucky enough to sketch at the rehearsals for the UK premiere of Fire In My Mouth. A multimedia performance which tells the tragic story of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York which led to the deaths of 146 garment workers.

Every victim is represented by a choir member and as they move around the Usher Hall f…