Performances of David Childs at BBC Music

Fri 2 Oct 2026

• 19:30

  The Cumnock Tryst: Jess Gillam plays MacMillan's Saxophone Concerto

  Barony Hall, Barony Campus

  "One of Britain’s most virtuosic instrumentalists” (The Times), performs Sir James MacMillan's Saxophone Concerto. And there's a sonorous, song-like love letter to the composer's Ayrshire hometown, written for euphonium and strings.

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  "One of Britain’s most virtuosic instrumentalists” (The Times), performs Sir James MacMillan's Saxophone Concerto. And there's a sonorous, song-like love letter to the composer's Ayrshire hometown, written for euphonium and strings.

  Programme

  • • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      • Eine kleine Nachtmusik(17 mins)
    • • Sir James MacMillan
      • Saxophone concerto(15 mins)
      • Where the lugar meets the glaisnock(25 mins)

  Performers

  • Jess Gillam

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • David Childs

    euphonium
    euphonium
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Conductor
    Conductor
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Sir James MacMillan

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  Part of

  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season