My Beloved Man: The Letters of Britten and Pears
Aug
2
8:15 pm20:15

My Beloved Man: The Letters of Britten and Pears

This concert tells the story of the 39-year love affair between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, told entirely through their letters to each other. The Fourth Choir, based in London but made up of queer singers from many countries around the world, illustrates their story with music by Britten and his contemporaries, as well as composers from former centuries whose music Britten loved.

THE FOURTH CHOIR

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An Evening with Debbie Wiseman OBE and Classic FM
Sept
18
7:00 pm19:00

An Evening with Debbie Wiseman OBE and Classic FM

The composer of the music to BBC’s beloved, ‘Wolf Hall’, Debbie Wiseman is one of the world’s most renowned composers for film and TV. In this concert she talks to Zeb Soanes about her life and work as NEW Sinfonia perform her theme music from Wolf Hall, Wilde, Father Brown Investigates, To Olivia, Miss Potter and Tom’s Midnight Garden, etc.

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WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Nov
21
7:30 pm19:30

WINTER with St Martin's Voices

Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin's Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an enchanting evening of words and carols as we prepare to enter the Christmas season. The programme includes winter classics Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter, alongside beautiful new works from the choir's recent album A Winter Breviary. An evening not to be missed!

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WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Nov
29
7:30 pm19:30

WINTER with St Martin's Voices

Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin's Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an enchanting evening of words and carols as we prepare to enter the Christmas season. The programme includes winter classics Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter, alongside beautiful new works from the choir's recent album A Winter Breviary. An evening not to be missed!

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Paddington Bear's First Concert
May
28
7:15 pm19:15

Paddington Bear's First Concert

The annual Elgar for Everyone family concert brings together over 100 young musicians from across Elgar Country to perform alongside their teachers and mentors from English Symphony Orchestra, following 2 days of rehearsals and workshops.

We’re delighted to welcome presenter and author Zeb Soanes from Classic FM who will be both hosting and narrating the story of Paddington's First Concert. An uplifting event not to be missed!

ELGAR FESTIVAL

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Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn
Apr
17
7:30 pm19:30

Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn

Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words, originally created for Cádiz Cathedral’s Good Friday service in 1786, occupies the Chiaroscuro Quartet’s musical meditation for the week before Easter. Haydn’s work evokes the shattering drama and humbling magnitude of Christ’s crucifixion. Andrew Motion’s poems performed by Zeb Soanes.

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Gaspard's Foxtrot (4.30pm)
Mar
22
4:30 pm16:30

Gaspard's Foxtrot (4.30pm)

Gaspard boards the Number 38 bus and sets off on a musical adventure through the sights, sounds and smells on London. This tale in the delightful Gaspard the Fox series is narrated by the book’s author, Zeb Soanes with live on-stage illustration by James Mayhew. The perfect way to introduce children to a live orchestra through images and storytelling.

NORFOLK CHILDREN’S MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Gaspard's Foxtrot (2.30pm)
Mar
22
2:30 pm14:30

Gaspard's Foxtrot (2.30pm)

Gaspard boards the Number 38 bus and sets off on a musical adventure through the sights, sounds and smells on London. This tale in the delightful Gaspard the Fox series is narrated by the book’s author, Zeb Soanes with live on-stage illustration by James Mayhew. The perfect way to introduce children to a live orchestra through images and storytelling.

NORFOLK CHILDREN’S MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Notes from Downing Street
Feb
23
9:00 pm21:00

Notes from Downing Street

Zeb Soanes presents Notes From Downing Street, a new initiative showcasing music from the UK's world-class performing arts organisations in the very heart of government. Tonight, a programme from Welsh National Opera will include Tchaikovsky’s Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin and Massenet’s Meditation from Thais.

CLASSIC FM

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