Orchestra of Opera North

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps

Bliss (orch. Philip Wilby) Viola Concerto                 WORLD PREMIERE

Coleridge-Taylor Solemn Prelude

Elgar Enigma Variations

An evening of English orchestral music in the uplifting surroundings of Ripon Cathedral. A spirited overture by Vaughan Williams sets the stage, leading to the world premiere of Philip Wilby’s orchestration of Bliss’s Viola Concerto, performed by the acclaimed Timothy Ridout. Coleridge-Taylor’s radiant and moving Solemn Prelude, long forgotten and recently rediscovered, offers a moment of poignant beauty before Elgar’s beloved Enigma Variations brings the concert to a triumphant and deeply personal close.

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Presented in association with the Bliss Trust and the Bliss Society.