Jess Gillam joins  our Festival Academy Orchestra in Anna Clyne's Glasslands, conjuring an imaginary world of three realms governed by the banshee - a female spirit who, in Irish folklore, heralds the death of a family member.   

Brittens 'The Suite on English Folk Tunes'  is a sequence of five wonderfully characterised movements for chamber orchestra, ranging from boisterous folk-like fiddling to daring orchestral effects  and the achingly beautiful final movement, with its mournful cor anglais solo.

The concert ends with Beethoven's  playful and exuberant second symphony.