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Concert: Jess Gillam, The Gesualdo Six & National Youth Choir
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, we open with William Byrd's Ave Verum and conclude with its modern-day re-imagining from Roderick Williams. Also featuring luminous works from Orlando Gibbons, Will Todd and Ayanna 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
Run Time approx: 70minutes, no interval
A programme glistening with choral gems both old and new, we open with William Byrd's Ave Verum and conclude with its modern-day re-imagining from Roderick Williams. Also featuring luminous works from Orlando Gibbons, Will Todd and Ayanna 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
Run Time approx: 70minutes, no interval
Thursday 2 April
Reading Town Hall - Concert Hall
Blagrave St, Reading, Berkshire RG1 1QH
7pmTickets: £30, £26, £22
Under 25s: £10
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