Performances of Jess Gillam at BBC Proms
Sat 25 Jul 2026
- 16:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell.
A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell.
Programme
- Hail, gladdening light(3 mins)
- Spiritus sanctus vivificans(3 mins)
- My soul, there is a country(5 mins)
- Sat on the shore(4 mins)
- Like as the waves(7 mins)
- and the swallow(4 mins)
- The Bluebird(4 mins)
- Never weather-beaten sail(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Mother of God, here I stand(3 mins)
- Night Prayer(4 mins)
- Songs of Farewell – No. 6: Lord, let me know mine end(11 mins)
- interval
- O radiant dawn(4 mins)
- Good Night, Dear Heart(4 mins)
- Deep in the Night(3 mins)
- Earth Song(4 mins)
- Alleluia(2 mins)
- The Water of Tyne(4 mins)
- Only in Sleep(6 mins)
- interval
- Concerto for Choir(42 mins)sung in English
Performers
- Jess Gillamsaxophone
- Sofi Jeanninconductor
Composers
Sun 6 Sept 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Programme
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(18 mins)
- Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(40 mins)
Performers
- Jess Gillamsaxophone
- Ben Goldscheiderhorn
- Sheku Kanneh‐Masoncello
- Sakari Oramoconductor
