Summer Serenade by Elgar, Walton, Woolgar, Gipps, Herbert, Philip, Britten, From (2024/2024), Conductor Stephanie Gonley, St Anne’s Church, London, United Kingdom

Join us for a serenade of stunning music for strings, performed by the world-acclaimed Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Rich, heartfelt and varied sound worlds of British composers await, from Britten’s playful childhood melodies to Ruth Gipps’ stroll through an arboretum. Jonathan Woolgar looks back to the sixteenth century; Walton’s cinematic melodies were written for the 1940’s big screen. Elgar’s lush Serenade for Strings was one of the composer’s personal favourite works, while Philip Herbert’s powerful elegy honours a life shockingly cut short. Experience the unforgettable sound of a string orchestra in St Anne’s Limehouse, an architectural masterpiece by Nicholas Hawksmoor.