Concerts

Love is the theme of a Prom that opens with history's greatest seducer, Don Juan, in Strauss’s swashbuckling tone-poem and closes with the sensuous, diaphanous textures of Ravel’s ballet Daphnis and Chloe. At the centre is one of Bernstein’s most lyrical orchestral works. James Ehnes is the soloist in Serenade – a violin concerto by another name that muses on, and interrogates, the nature of love itself.

Idyllic. Pure. The sound of England.There’s little music that is so immediately associated with England and its landscapes than that of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. The haunting yet stirring Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis starts your evening, which is capped with Elgar’s tender and meltingly beautiful Serenade. In between you’ll hear Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - music that’s brimming over with ideas, wit and energy, along with Bliss Music for Strings, and Delius Late Swallows.

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Chris Parkes (horn) and Laurence Kilsby (tenor)
Bliss Music for Strings
Delius Late Swallows
Elgar Introduction and Allegro

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.

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.

Sinfonia of London's international debut, featuring Strauss - Don Juan, Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 with Benjamin Grosvenor and Elgar - Enigma Variations.

Swinging. Timeless. All the classics.

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Tears. Riddles.A musical portrait like no other.
Elgar’s Enigma Variations is undoubtedly one of the most popular pieces of music out there, and it’s easy to see why.
It's an amiable portrait of his friends, each portrayed with the composer's trademark charm, wit, invention and sentiment. There are mischievous dogs, ocean-going steamers and summer walks, and we defy you not to have a tear in your eye for ‘Nimrod’.
Also in the programme, star pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3.