Surround Sound ~ Ely

Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format

Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format. You're sitting or lying in the cathedral, looking up at its soaring arches and beautiful ceiling above.

Lighting states shift and capture the mood as a seamless musical sequence fills the magical space from all directions – like a radio mix or eclectic playlist, but performed live and all around you by over 100 musicians, with orchestral drama, solo virtuosity and heart-bursting moments of choral beauty.

From music you’ll know and love, to add to-playlist new favourites, Surround Sound Playlist presents Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man , Handel’s Zadok the Priest , Allegri's Miserere , Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet , Ennio Morricone's Cinema Paradiso suite, high-energy Arabic-infused pieces and music by Bartók, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Grieg, Morten Lauridsen, Ravel, Caroline Shaw, Telemann and more.

This concert is also taking place in Canterbury, Norwich, Peterborough & Lincoln >>

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performers Will Pound folk melodeon / harmonica Tenebrae with Nigel Short conductor Britten Sinfonia with Zoë Beyers violin / director Cambridge Community Chorus Coleridge Community College musicians

Programme: Ēriks Ešenvalds Stars Handel Zadok the Priest; The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Ennio Morricone Cinema Paradiso suite Parry I was glad Prokofiev Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet Purcell Funeral March for Queen Mary Traditional / Will Pound Amazing Grace Traditional Danish Shine you no more Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte Caroline Shaw And the swallow Eric Whitacre Sleep

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