Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Under the glow of Luke Jerram’s replica of our planet, hear a concert of heavenly works for strings, from Vaughan Williams to Hildur Guðnadóttir.
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.
We skip forward in time for two short works by Oscar-winning composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir. The melancholy cello melody of ‘Bær’ drifts into silence, before driving rhythms announce ‘Opaque’.
Gaia bathes in musical light as we hear contemporary composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Sun Triptych, composed in 2007. The shimmering ‘Dawn’ builds to a glorious ‘Day’, alive with movement and warmth, and then ‘Dusk’ settles in, meditative and mellifluous.
Speaking directly to the heart, Barber’s transcendent Adagio for Strings is a staple in film soundtracks, thanks to its raw emotional power. As critic Michael Steinberg said, ‘Barber – at 26 – created something that has that rare quality of seeming always to have been there.'
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Admission
Min: £17.00
Max: £55.00
Performer name: BBC Concert Orchestra
Other key names: Chloé van Soeterstède - conductor
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth
Friday, 28 Aug 2026 @7.30pm
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
Under the glow of Luke Jerram’s replica of our planet, hear a concert of heavenly works for strings, from Vaughan Williams to Hildur Guðnadóttir.
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.
We skip forward in time for two short works by Oscar-winning composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir. The melancholy cello melody of ‘Bær’ drifts into silence, before driving rhythms announce ‘Opaque’.
Gaia bathes in musical light as we hear contemporary composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Sun Triptych, composed in 2007. The shimmering ‘Dawn’ builds to a glorious ‘Day’, alive with movement and warmth, and then ‘Dusk’ settles in, meditative and mellifluous.
Speaking directly to the heart, Barber’s transcendent Adagio for Strings is a staple in film soundtracks, thanks to its raw emotional power. As critic Michael Steinberg said, ‘Barber – at 26 – created something that has that rare quality of seeming always to have been there.'
Admission
Min: £17.00
Max: £55.00
Performer name: BBC Concert Orchestra
Other key names: Chloé van Soeterstède - conductor
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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