Details

St James's Church
Church Street
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55 6JG
England

Tuesday 19th May 2026
7:00 PM

Tickets

Prices: £50 - £1
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Programme

Benjamin Britten – Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A time there was', Op.90
Anna Clyne – Glasslands (Saxophone Concerto)
~ Interval ~
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36

Performers

Jess Gillam – alto saxophone
Thomas Hull – Conductor
Ruth Rogers – violin / Leader

Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra

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Programme Note

Jess Gillam joins  our Festival Academy Orchestra in Anna Clyne's Glasslands, conjuring an imaginary world of three realms governed by the banshee - a female spirit who, in Irish folklore, heralds the death of a family member.   

Brittens 'The Suite on English Folk Tunes'  is a sequence of five wonderfully characterised movements for chamber orchestra, ranging from boisterous folk-like fiddling to daring orchestral effects  and the achingly beautiful final movement, with its mournful cor anglais solo.

The concert ends with Beethoven's  playful and exuberant second symphony.