Harriet Mackenzie is joined by Graham Walker (cello) to perform solo Bach in the glorious setting of Emmanuel College Cambridge

The third concerto in the series with the long-term collaboration of violinist Harriet Mackenzie (violin), composer Deborah Pritchard and artist Maggi Hambling. This work is inspired by Maggi Hambling’s series of paintings about nightingales.

Full programme: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Harriet Mackenzie violin
Sora Elisabeth Lee conductor

Kodály:
Dances of Galánta (16’)
Deborah Pritchard:
Nightingale (world premiere) (17’)
Mendelssohn:
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 “Scottish” (37’)

Programme:

Winter, Four Seasons – Vivaldi

Invierno – Piazzolla

Romance – Amy Beach

Songs My Mother taught me – Dvorak

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Mad Lover’s Aire – Eccles

Harriet Mackenzie soloist/director
Celoniatus Ensemble

Please note this is a one hour concert. There is another one hour concert at 8pm with a different programme. Different tickets must be purchased for the different programmes.

The Lark Ascending – Vaughan Williams

Invierno, Four Seasons – Astor Piazzolla

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Autumn – Ariel Pirotti

Love through the Seasons – Cecilia McDowall

Harriet Mackenzie – violin/director
Celoniatus Ensemble

Please note this is a one hour concert. There is another one hour concert at 8pm with a different programme. Different tickets must be purchased for the different programmes.

Harriet Mackenzie performs with and directs the English Chamber Orchestra in the beautiful surroundings of Trinity College Chapel

Programme:

Mad Lover’s Aire – Eccles

Winter, from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi

The Lark Ascending – Vaughan Williams

Romance – Amy Beach

Autumn – Pirotti

Sospiri – Elgar

Harriet Mackenzie violinist/director
English Chamber Orchestra

Harriet Mackenzie records Julian Joseph’s concerto which was written and dedicated to her with the Ulster orchestra. The concerto was commissioned by the Salisbury International Festival in 2022 and is inspired by the island of Julian’s father’s birth.

Come and be part of a candlelit evening of the greatest numbers ever to grace the stage. From the West End to Grand Opera, join us for an unforgettable performance of your favourite showstoppers featuring a West End superstar with appearances in Phantom and Les Mis, alongside award-winning singer Rachel Roper (MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year, Glyndbourne Jerwood Artist, Kathleen Ferrier Awards Finalist 2026). All this, with magical, sweeping string accompaniment from the internationally-renowned Celonatius Ensemble directed by Harriet Mackenzie

Come and be part of a candlelit evening of the greatest numbers ever to grace the stage. From the West End to Grand Opera, join us for an unforgettable performance of your favourite showstoppers featuring a West End superstar with appearances in Phantom and Les Mis, alongside award-winning singer Rachel Roper (MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year, Glyndbourne Jerwood Artist, Kathleen Ferrier Awards Finalist 2026). All this, with magical, sweeping string accompaniment from the internationally-renowned Celonatius Ensemble.