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Experience superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam as she joins forces with leading choral ensembles The 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
Artists
Jess Gillam, saxophone
The Gesualdo Six
National Youth Choir (18-25 Years)
Nicholas Chalmers, conductor
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Event Venue
Reading Town Hall, Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1LZ, United Kingdom
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