JACOB COLLIER AND CHRIS THILE WITH BRITTEN SINFONIA
Performers
- Jacob Collier
- Chris Thile
- voice/mandolin
- Thomas Gould
- lead violin
- Danushka Edirisinghe & Finn Anderson-Hendra
- cellos
- Britten Sinfonia
- Suzie Collier
- conductor
Programme
- Anna Meredith
- Nautilus
- Piazzolla/Desyatnikov
- Spring from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (soloist: Thomas)
- Giovanni Sollima
- Violoncelles Vibrez! (soloists: Danushka and Finn)
- Arturo Marquez
- Danzon No. 2
- JS Bach
- Vivace from Concerto in D minor BWV 1043 (soloists: Chris and Jacob)
- Barber
- Presto in moto perpetuo from Violin Concerto (soloist: Chris)
- Fauré
- Pie Jesu from Requiem (soloist: Jacob)
- Chris Thile / Punch Brothers
- Julep
My Oh My - Jacob Collier
- Hush Scuffle (world premiere)
Little Blue
Djesse
Lua
Summer Rain - plus
- Arrangements by Jacob and Chris of songs by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Sting and Queen
Grammy-winning musical phenomenon Jacob Collier will perform with a UK orchestra for the very first time in January 2025, joining forces with the 50-piece orchestra Britten Sinfonia for two unmissable concerts.
Collier will be joined by fellow Grammy Award winner Chris Thile – the virtuoso mandolinist, singer, and songwriter – and conductor Suzie Collier, Jacob’s mother and guiding light, and former teacher of Britten Sinfonia’s lead violinist, Thomas Gould.
A wide range of favourite songs by Collier and Thile will be heard in new symphonic arrangements for the first time, alongside big-boned orchestral showstoppers by Anna Meredith (her electro-classical dance hit Nautilus) and Arturo Márquez (Danzón No. 2), solo Bach from Thile, Piazzolla’s “Spring” from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, and two concerto movements by Bach and Barber with Collier and Thile as soloists. Expect also Collier’s remarkable Audience Choir, as featured at Glastonbury and the BBC Proms.
* This event was originally advertised as Chris Thile and Special Guest with Britten Sinfonia.
