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Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth

Name: Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth
Start: 2026-08-28T19:30:00
Location: Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre

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The scene is set for tonight’s concert by Vaughan Williams’ timeless Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, which opens with solemn chords before expanding into soaring strings. This contemplative work was inspired by a Tudor tune by 16th-century composer Thomas Tallis, and first performed in Gloucester Cathedral in 1910.

Program

Arvo Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Dobrinka Tabakova - Sun Triptych

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

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Participants

Chloé van Soeterstède

Conductor

Southbank Centre

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