Concert 4 – 6.30pm 15th March 2026, St John’s Waterloo

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije

Copland Billy the kid  

Errollyn Wallen Mighty River

Advance tickets: £12 for adults and £5 for children and students from We Got Tickets
On the door tickets: £15 on the door and £5 children and students

In our March concert of programmatic music, each piece tells a story.

Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River was written in 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The composer said, “It is an innate human instinct to be free just as it is for the river to rush headlong to the sea. It is as if the perpetual motion of the music, like water, like time, through its sheer momentum, comes across the cries and echoes of human hearts and voices, singing out of suffering, repentance, humility and hope.”

Lieutenant Kijé by Prokofiev is the story of an imaginary soldier, created by a clerical error on a list of Russian soldiers. Too afraid to admit to the error, the people around the Tsar invent an entire life for Kijé. When the Tsar finally demands to meet Kijé, a fictious funeral takes place.

Copland’s exciting ballet music for Billy the Kid charts the exploits of the infamous Wild West outlaw including a lively gun battle.

Join us at the beautiful church of St Johns for this early evening of wonderful music.

Concert 5  – 21st June 2026 St Johns Waterloo

Soloist Emily Ambrose (joint winner of 2025 ERSO Soloist of the Year)

Alex Papp Frieden

Hummel Bassoon Concerto

Shostakovich Symphony no. 1