Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (15 mins)
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (24 mins)
Arthur Bliss
Music for Strings (23 mins)
Frederick Delius
LateSwallows (9 mins)
Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings (12 mins)
John Wilson conductor
Laurence Kilsby tenor
Christopher Parkes horn
Sinfonia of London
There’s little music that is so immediately associated with England and its landscapes than that of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. The haunting yet stirring Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis starts your afternoon, which is capped with Elgar’s tender and meltingly beautiful Serenade. In between you’ll hear Britten’s Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings, music that’s brimming over with ideas, wit and energy.
Concert lasts around 2 hours including a 20 minute interval.
FREE pre-concert chat about this afternoon’s concert at 2.00pm in the auditorium.