St Gabriel's Church
Warwick Square
Pimlico
London
SW1V 2AD
Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Ellington, arr. Gould Sophisticated Lady
Kidane Be Still
Alberga Shining Gate of Morpheus (for horn and strings)
interval
Ligeti Ramifications
Ellington, arr. Gould Solitude
Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy)
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Join Fantasia for our first concert following our debut at the BBC Proms! Musical giants of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries come together for a programme that explores diverse styles and genres.
From meditative Pärt and smooth Duke Ellington to virtuosic Ligeti and trailblazing Alberga, come for an exciting evening of music that features Fantasia's strings and percussion.
Star horn player Ben Goldscheider and tenor Toby Spence join us to perform in Britten's iconic Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, a beautiful work that will soar through the gothic church of St Gabriel's Pimlico.
Ben Goldscheider won the BBC Young Musician Brass Category Final in 2016 and is already a leading horn player nationally & internationally.
Nominated by the Barbican as an ECHO Rising Star for the 2021/22 season, Ben Goldscheider has given recitals at major concert halls across Europe including at the Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Pierre Boulez Saal, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Köln Philharmonie and Wigmore Hall, amongst others.
Toby is a British tenor internationally on the concert platform, in the opera house and in recordings across a range of classical music.
Toby Spence has sung at the Royal Opera House, The Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, English National Opera, Teatro Real, Madrid, the Liceu, Barcelona, San Francisco Opera, Theater an der Wien, and the Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as at the Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence and Edinburgh festivals.
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director.
Tom’s start in music was fortuitous, as he was lucky to be introduced to an inspiring violin teacher by his grandmother at the age of four.
At eight he became a chorister of Westminster Abbey, an experience he describes as ‘transformative’, benefitting from musical training that featured high profile occasions like singing the solo at the Royal Wedding in 2011. Tom then attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, a state comprehensive that champions music and the arts.
He continued with the violin, sang, played the organ, and started to explore conducting, enjoying the process of rehearsals and the ability both to make music with and to bring together large groups of people. It was in his final year at school that he saw the potential for a career in it, founding Fantasia Orchestra in 2016.
Tom now enjoys a busy career with major orchestras, including with the BBC Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland. In his rare moments of downtime he enjoys running, listening to jazz, and cooking, likening the process to conducting — it being about balance, flavour, pacing and bringing people together.
St Gabriel's Church
Warwick Square
Pimlico
London
SW1V 2AD