This performance is now sold out, but please see Event 6B on Sunday 14th July for a repeat performance

Jess Gillam saxophone

Zeynep Özsuca piano

Iturralde Pequeña Czarda
Ravel Vocalise en forme de habanera
Britten  Temporal Variations
Nyman ‘If’ from The Diary of Anne Frank
John Harle  Rant
Marcello  Concerto for Oboe in C Minor
Graham Fitkin Gate
Dowland Flow my tears
Wiedoeft  Valse Vanité
Milhaud  Scaramouche

In 2016, Jess Gillam made history as the first ever saxophonist winner of the woodwind category of BBC Young Musician of the Year, captivating the public with her talent and charisma. Since then, Jess has signed a recording contract with Decca Classics, presented a regular slot on Radio 4’s Today programme, won a BRIT award and performed at the 2018 Last Night of the Proms. Together with a superb accompanist, she brings a typically eclectic programme to Ryedale.

‘Funny, cool and down to earth. What’s not to like?’– Gramophone

‘The sound of the future.’ – Melvyn Bragg

Pre-concert and interval bar