Sinfonia of London Elgar and Vaughan Williams

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage OneSt Mary's Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Friday 17 October 2025

19:30

Programme

Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, song cycle, Op.31
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)	Music for Strings
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)	Late Swallows
Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)	Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20

Performers

John Wilson	Conductor
Laurence Kilsby	Tenor
Christopher Parkes	French 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 by Thomas Tallis starts your evening, 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.

Tickets £24.50 - £52.50

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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Mark Pullinger, 5th October

How does this work by Vaughan Williams, an agnostic who composed hymns and was inspired by church music, cast its spell over audiences?

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