Orchestra
Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth
BBC Concert Orchestra
- Great for groups
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 28 Aug 2026
- Time
- 19:30 · 2h 0m
- Venue
- Royal Festival Hall
- City
- London
- Conductor
- Chloé van Soeterstède
- Tickets
- See booking site
You'll be taken to the ensemble's official site.
Summary
Chloé van Soeterstède conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in a programme featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Pärt, Barber, and contemporary pieces by Thorvaldsdottir and Bray.
Why it's fantastic
This performance centers on music that feels like a collective exhale, featuring the aching beauty of Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Vaughan Williams’s soaring Tallis Fantasia. It is a chance to hear these famous, cinematic scores played live as part of a wider exploration of our planet’s fragile ecosystem.
Programme
- 01Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- 02Bær
- 03Opaque
- 04Sun Triptych
- 05Adagio for strings
- 06Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
