Brahms Symphony No.3 – Orpheus Sinfonia

Brahms Symphony No.3

Thursday 25 June 2026, 7.30pm
St George's Hanover Square, 2A Mill Street, W1S 1FX

Join us for an exceptional evening of music-making with a concert defined by the thrill of discovery. 

The evening begins with the vibrant, celebratory energy of Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, a joyful start to a programme with such a colourful and summery palette.

Brahms’ Symphony No.3 concludes your evening – music of profound beauty and great emotional depth. Perhaps the most personal of all of Brahms’ symphonies, it is also one of most balanced, combining explosive energy, quiet contemplation, and artistic adventure and discovery.

That sense of discovery comes to the fore between these two pieces, with two brand new pieces of music receiving their premieres. We have a new work for cello and orchestra by Roxanna Panufnik, a composer whose music combines intense beauty and emotional directness with strikingly modern textures, as well as Alban Hefin by Tayla-Leigh Payne, a piece inspired by the Celtic mythology that surrounds the summer solstice.

Programme:
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Tayla-Leigh Payne: Alban Hefin (World Premiere)
Roxanna Panufnik: Orfeus: To Hell and Back (World Premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3

 

Thomas Carroll: conductor

Alvin Arumugam: foundation conductor

Jonathan Swensen: cello

 

Tickets:
Front Row Immersive Seats: £25
Front Nave: £20
Rear Nave and Front Side Aisles: £15
Rear Side Aisles: £10

With grateful thanks for the generous support of the Skyrme Hart Charitable Trust, and additional support from Fenton Arts Trust, Idlewild Trust and Scops Arts Trust.

Panufnik Commission generously supported by Cockayne Foundation and Vaughan Williams Foundation.