Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll was composed to celebrate the birth of his first son, Siegfried. We’ll perform this joyous work alongside Glazunov’s evocative Intermezzo Romantico, Coleridge-Taylor’s lively Danse nègre, and Fauré’s Four Songs, sung by the arresting Ilona Domnich.
What is the role of the arts in raising awareness about the growing water crisis. That's what our Associate Conductor Cayenna Ponchione will discuss with scientists from UNESCO and the University of Oxford, alongside a screening of our latest commission from pecq, 'Reaching Water', set to gorgeous filmography by Harrison Ross.
Dvořák’s Symphonic Variations feature soaring strings, delicate winds, and a kaleidoscope of Czech colour. We’ll perform this exhilarating work alongside a hidden gem, Wolf-Ferrari’s Chamber Symphony.
SOLD OUT. A small choir of professional singers will perform some of English choral music’s greatest works, from Tallis to renowned film composer Harry Escott, alongside a choral arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ sublime Lark Ascending with international violinist Jan Schmolck
See in the summer with Copland’s glorious Appalachian Spring! The wonderful Maki Sekiya will join the orchestra to perform Finzi’s sunny Eclogue. Plus Florence Price’s Adoration in an arrangement for strings, and Peter Warlock's 'An old song'.
Picture is of Florence Price
SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D946
LISZT Transcendental Etudes, No11 in D flat (Harmonies du Soir)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in F minor, No 23 Op 57 "Appassionata"