Vaughan Williams’s ‘Fantasia’

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, Great Britain

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7 PM

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: London, Great Britain

Starts at: 19:00

Duration:

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Programme

Overview

Traverse centuries in one unforgettable evening: Vaughan Williams revives a 16th-century Tudor melody into a radiant string fantasia, David Knotts channels Tallis’s spirit in a modern homage, and Haydn adds his trademark wit in Symphony No.64. Experience time bending through music’s unbroken lineage.Step into an evening where the echoes of Tudor England meet the bold voice of the twentieth century and the mischievous genius of the Classical era. Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis transforms a 1567 psalter melody into a shimmering tapestry of strings, bridging past and present in waves of luminous harmony. David Knotts’s From Crystal Heav’ns Above, commissioned for the evening’s soloist, evokes the elegiac spirit of William Byrd’s tribute to Tallis, weaving centuries-old cadences into a fresh modern narrative. Finally, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No.64, Tempora mutantur—“The times change, and we change with them”—delights with playful subversion of expectations, trading classical formality for charming surprises at every turn. Join us for a concert that unfolds like a time-travelling odyssey, where venerable melodies and innovative reimaginings converge in a celebration of England’s rich musical lineage.

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