Frances Gregory wearing a dark green jumper, standing outdoors in a garden with trees and flowers behind her, looking away from the camera

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

International Concert Series Fri 6 Jun 2025, 7:30pm The Anvil

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Tickets:

£45, £40, £34, £25, £17. Under 25s and f/t students £12 (includes £4 booking fee)

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Programme

Elgar
In the South (Alassio)
Sea Pictures
Enigma Variations

Performers and Cast

Frances Gregory
mezzo-soprano
Dinis Sousa

Elgar's vivid evocation of an Italian holiday, including folk tunes the composer noted down on the spot, opens this concert of music from the early part of his career. The composer wrote Sea Pictures immediately after the Enigma Variations, and its five contrasting songs share their mastery of orchestral colour.

The Variations themselves, the composer's first big success, are fond musical descriptions of close friends and family, concluding with an energetic and confident self-portrait.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is Anvil Arts' Orchestra in Association.

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