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Echoes of Albion: Julian Bliss joins Chromatica Orchestra at Wilton’s Music Hall

Julian Bliss, Tess Jackson and Chromatica Orchestra
© Monika Jakubowska
Tess Jackson conducts Chromatica Orchestra
© Monika Jakubowska
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“almost magically, a point arrived midway through when everything clicked and the music took flight”
Reviewed at Wilton's Music Hall, London on 30 April 2026
Elgar, Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20
Finzi, Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op.31
Waley-Cohen, Talisman
Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10
Chromatica Orchestra
Tess Jackson, Conductor
Julian Bliss, Clarinet
Chromatica: young orchestra sounds a fanfare at Battersea relaunch
*****
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****1
BBC Philharmonic up close in Lancaster
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