Hymn of the Forests

‘I felt a cathedral grow before me in the vast expanse of the hills and the vault of the sky.’ For him, the whole of creation was a cause for celebration, and with its jubilant trumpets, thundering organ and raw, unbuttoned lust for life, there’s something primal about his Glagolitic Mass – a choral work unlike any other. Edward Gardner prepares the way with Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto, performed by Alina Ibragimova, before assembling vast forces to end the season with a colossal shout of joy. But first, on the day of King Charles III’s Coronation, we open with Tippett’s Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles.

*Please note a change of programme to originally advertised