Sun5Feb2023

Britten’s opera Peter Grimes

Queen Elizabeth Hall

KSO gives a concert performance of Britten’s postwar opera, with the tenor John Hudson in the title role, at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Conductor

Russell Keable

Programme

Britten – Peter Grimes (concert performance)

Soloists

Peter Grimes – John Hudson
Ellen Orford – Mari Wyn Williams
Ned Keene – Nicholas Morris
Captain Balstrode – Nicholas Folwell
Rev Horace Adams – John Gyeantey
Bob Boles – Colin Judson
Mrs Sedley – Susanna Tudor-Thomas
Auntie – Mae Heydorn
Swallow – Paul Sheehan
Hobson – Ronald Nairne
Niece 1 – Ally London Dunavant
Niece 2 – Micaela Abreu
The Epiphoni Consort

“One of the very best amateur groups in the country”

Classical Music Magazine

“The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras”

The Sunday Telegraph

“KSO once again scores over most professional orchestras”

Classical Source

Formed in 1956, Kensington Symphony Orchestra (registered charity number 1069620) enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the UK. Its founding aim is to provide amateurs with an opportunity to perform concerts at the highest possible level