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Sinfonia of London: Serenade

Britten, Bliss, Elgar and Vaughan Williams

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Sinfonia of London

The barnstorming Sinfonia of London return with major string works from best-loved British composers including Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Britten.

Described by The Guardian as 'a handpicked supergroup', whose rare 'live performances are a special occasion', the orchestra will be joined for this performance by British tenor Laurence Kilsby and British horn player Christopher Parkes. 

Serenade brings together major string works from the Edwardian repertoire, including Vaughan Williams’ icily ethereal Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horns and Strings, alongside Arthur Bliss’s Music For Strings, and Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings.

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Programme

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams   Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • Benjamin Britten   Serenade for Tenor, Horns and Strings
  • Arthur Bliss   Music for Strings
  • Frederic Delius   Late Swallows
  • Edward Elgar   Introduction and Allegro

Performers

  • Sinfonia of London  
  • John Wilson   conductor
  • Laurence Kilsby   tenor
  • Christopher Parkes   horn

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Read: John Wilson on ‘Serenade’

Ahead of rehearsals starting for the Sinfonia of London's tour of music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Bliss and Delius, they caught up with conductor John Wilson to ask him a little about the programme.

 

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