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Reading Town Hall
Blagrave Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1QH
England
Programme
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Will Todd – O Wisdom
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Thomas Tallis – Te lucis ante terminum
Roderick Williams – Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined
Performers
Jess Gillam – Saxophone
Nicholas Chalmers – Conductor
The Gesualdo Six
National Youth Choir
Programme Note
Experience superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam as she joins forces with leading choral ensembles Gesualdo Six and National Youth Choir for a truly unique concert experience. Journey through darkness into light in this immersive, uplifting performance, featuring some of the UK's most exciting young talents.
A programme glistening with choral gems both old and new, we open with William Byrd's Ave Verum and conclude with its modern-day re-imagining from Roderick Williams. Also featuring luminous works from Orlando Gibbons, Will Todd and Ayanna Witter-Johnson, this evening promises to bathe audiences in the glow of choral magic.
