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

Julian Bliss, Tess Jackson and Chromatica Orchestra
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Tess Jackson conducts Chromatica Orchestra
© Monika Jakubowska
By Mark Valencia, 03 May 2026
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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
Programme
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
Performers
Chromatica Orchestra
Tess Jackson, Conductor
Julian Bliss, Clarinet
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Mark Valencia
Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.