Jerwood Pit Perfect Encounters

During the Autumn Season, enjoy a close-up backstage encounter with our Pit Perfect musicians before the mainstage opera performance. Players from Glyndebourne Sinfonia’s unique graduate scheme will be performing short programmes of chamber music alongside members of the Sinfonia, inspired by the operas on stage. Plus, there will be the opportunity to talk to the musicians to discover what it’s like performing in the pit….

Jerwood Pit Perfect is our unique programme where young, recently graduated professional instrumentalists join the Glyndebourne Sinfonia, gaining their first professional operatic experience.

Dates and times

All concerts take place in the Jerwood Studio before the mainstage performance on the same day.

ENCOUNTERS 1

Sunday 19 October 2.15pm-3.15pm
Wednesday 22 October 5.15pm-6.15pm
Saturday 25 October 2.15pm-3.15pm

Programme
Debussy • Sonata 1st movement
Barber • Dover Beach
Puccini • Crisantemi
Ravel • Introduction & Allegro

ENCOUNTERS 2

Sunday 26 October 2.15pm-3.15pm
Friday 31 October 2.15pm-3.15pm
Sunday 2 November 2.15pm-3.15pm

Programme
Britten • Phantasy Quartet
Chausson • Chanson perpétuelle
Wayne Siegel • 42nd Street Rondo
Steve Reich • Nagoya Marimbas
Saint-Saëns • Septet op 65 (movements 3 & 4)

This year’s Jerwood Pit Perfect players are: Anna Brown (violin), Bella Lorenzo-Giguere (cello), Beth Willett (viola), Eva Laverty (percussion), Gina Gallacher (harp), Joe MacDonald (violin), Lucy Amos (trumpet), Ross Williams (oboe), Ruohua Li (bass), Samantha Rowe (flute) and Sehyogue Auylakh (percussion).

This programme is made possible thanks to the generosity of Jerwood Foundation.