Date: April 2, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Choral, Concerts, Family, New Work, Women musicians
Tags: jess gillam, national yourth choir, reading town hall, roderick williams

Thursday 2nd April 2026, 7:00 PM, Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH.

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Programme
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Will Todd – O Wisdom
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Thomas Tallis – Te lucis ante terminum
Roderick Williams – Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined

Performers
Jess Gillam – Saxophone
The Gesualdo Six
National Youth Choir
Nicholas Chalmers – Conductor

Programme Note
Experience superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam as she joins forces with leading choral ensembles Gesualdo Six and National Youth Choir for a truly unique concert experience. Journey through darkness into light in this immersive, uplifting performance, featuring some of the UK’s most exciting young talents.

A programme glistening with choral gems both old and new, we open with William Byrd’s Ave Verum and conclude with its modern-day re-imagining from Roderick Williams. Also featuring luminous works from Orlando Gibbons, Will Todd and Ayanna Witter-Johnson, this evening promises to bathe audiences in the glow of choral magic.