RCM Wind Ensemble: Octets

Name: RCM Wind Ensemble: Octets
Start: 2026-10-15 19:30:00
Location: Britten Theatre

Dates
15 October 2026, 7:30pm

Venue
Britten Theatre

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£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

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Woodwind

A young woman with blonde hair holds a flute and smiles

15 October 2026, 7:30pm

Venue
Britten Theatre

Tickets
£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 5 August. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 29 July.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Marie Lloyd director
RCM Wind Ensemble

Beethoven Octet op 103
Earle Brown Octet I
Tonia Ko Giving Ground
Addie Gardner-Williams New work (world premiere)
Earle Brown Octet II
Stravinsky Octet
Surinach Ritmo Jondo

Journey through time and place with the RCM Wind Ensemble, in a riveting programme of octets including those of American composer Earle Brown, a close colleague of John Cage.

Framing the evening are two contrasting works written over 100 years apart: Beethoven’s cheerful entertainment piece written in the composer’s early years, and Stravinsky’s mystical work for the unusual instrumentation of four woodwind and four brass instruments, said to be inspired by a dream.

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