Name: Henry V and Belshazzar's Feast
Start: 2026-05-23T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Halls

We are delighted to be going back to The Halls in May to perform in the Norfolk Norwich Festival with an exciting double bill of William Walton. We will be joined by two very famous names, actor Alex Jennings and baritone Roderick Williams.
Henry V - A Shakespeare Scenario is a compilation by Christopher Palmer of music Walton wrote for the 1944 Laurence Olivier film of Henry V, together with major speeches from Shakespeare’s play. With much more of Walton’s music than appears in the well-known orchestral suite, it features a central role for Henry V, played here by leading British Shakespearian and film actor, Alex Jennings CBE.
Walton’s cantata, Belshazzar’s Feast, is one of the great British choral works of the 20th century with huge choruses and thrilling writing for the orchestra. Writing in The Gramophone, Andrew Mellor described it as “wicked, raucous, barbaric and outlandishly exuberant”. Certainly a large orchestra with 2 off-stage bands, massive percussion section and the 120 plus voices of the Phil Chorus will make a very big sound – one which scandalised the first audience in 1931. The baritone soloist will be none other than the international opera star, Roderick Williams OBE.
Tickets £25-£40 (£15-£18 students/Under 26). Book through the Festival website www.nnfestival.org.uk. Some unreserved seats still remaining!