Experience superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam as she joins forces with leading choral ensembles Gesualdo Six and National Youth Choir for a truly unique concert experience. Journey through darkness into light in this immersive, uplifting performance, featuring some of the UK's most exciting young talents.
A programme glistening with choral gems both old and new, including Will Todd's O WISDOM.
The concert opens with William Byrd's Ave Verum and concludes with its modern-day re-imagining from Roderick Williams. Also featuring luminous works from Orlando Gibbons and Ayana Witter-Johnson, this evening promises to bathe audiences in the glow of choral magic.
Programme to include:
William Byrd | Ave verum
Hildegard von Bingen | O gloriosissimi
Thomas Tallis (arr. Christian Forshaw) | Te lucis ante terminum
Orlando Gibbons | The Silver Swan
Will Todd | O Wisdom
Ayanna Witter-Johnson | Lumina
Roderick Williams | Ave verum re-imagined
Artists
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Gesualdo Six
National Youth Choir (18-25 Years)
Nicholas Chalmers, conductor
On sale to National Youth Choir Friends: from Friday 6 February
On general sale: from Thursday 12 February