Details

All Saints Church
Queen's Road
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8AY
England

Saturday 14th June 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Edward Elgar – Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 no.1
Frank Bridge – Lament, H.117
Benjamin Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op.31
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
Edward Elgar – Elegy, Op.58
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Charterhouse Suite
Gustav Holst – St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2

Performers

Guy Elliott – tenor
Chloe Harrison – French horn
Christopher Braime – Conductor

Hertfordshire Festival Orchestra

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Programme Note

In keeping with this year’s Festival theme, From Shadows to Light: Musical Journeys in Conflict & Peace, the evening's programme explores music’s role in transformation—expressing sorrow, resilience, and hope.

The Hertfordshire Festival String Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Braime, presents a poignant and uplifting selection from the British string orchestra tradition. The programme includes Elgar’s Elegy for Strings, Bridge’s Lament for String Orchestra, and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings - written in the dark wartime year of 1943 and performed by two superb young musicians, tenor Guy Elliott and horn soloist Chloe Harrison.

Works by Vaughan Williams, Holst, and Elgar complete this stirring celebration of music’s enduring ability to illuminate the human experience.

A moving and evocative finale, bringing the festival to a close in a spirit of reflection and renewal.

Tickets £5-£20