Sun 6 Sep 2026

• 11:00

  John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings

  Royal Albert Hall

  John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London present a concert of English music, pairing two works by Britten – the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and orchestral song-cycle Les illuminations – with music by Berkeley, Bridge and Imogen Holst

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  John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London present a concert of English music, pairing two works by Britten – the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and orchestral song-cycle Les illuminations – with music by Berkeley, Bridge and Imogen Holst

  Programme

  • • • Lennox Berkeley
      • Serenade for strings(13 mins)
    • • Frank Bridge
      • Lament(4 mins)
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Les illuminations(22 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Imogen Holst
      • Suite for String Orchestra(16 mins)
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge(26 mins)

  Performers

  • Julie Roset

    soprano
    soprano
  • Sinfonia of London

    (strings)
    (strings)
  • John Wilson

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Lennox Berkeley
  • Frank Bridge
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Imogen Holst

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• 19:30

  Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony

  Royal Albert Hall

  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

  Programme

  • • • Benjamin Britten
      • The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(18 mins)
    • • Gwilym Simcock
      • Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Antonín Dvořák
      • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(40 mins)

  Performers

  • Jess Gillam

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • Ben Goldscheider

    horn
    horn
  • Sheku Kanneh‐Mason

    cello
    cello
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Benjamin Britten
  • Gwilym Simcock
  • Antonín Dvořák

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