A Sea Symphony

Sunday 5 July 2026, 4pm

Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden

Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

John Ireland: These Things Shall Be

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

Performed by:

Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Tom Primrose

2 Guest Soloists (Soprano and Baritone) TBC

Our season closes with a monumental choral-orchestral programme at Saffron Hall. Join Tom Primrose and our combined forces for a journey through three dramatic musical landscapes.

Debussy’s languid Prélude conjures a sun-drenched reverie, while John Ireland’s choral epic These Things Shall Be offers a utopian vision of peace and progress. 

Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony, set to Walt Whitman’s stirring verse, is a glorious voyage into the vastness of the ocean – and the soul – in one of the repertoire’s most exhilarating choral symphonies.

Tickets

Tickets: from £16, some concessions and free carers’ tickets available via Saffron Hall.

Please note that tickets are purchased on a non-refundable basis.

Access: The building is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with wheelchair / companion seating ramps and accessible toilet facilities.

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Photo Credits: Bill Hiskett