Please note: this event will proceed despite latest changes regarding rail strike action. Currently, buses, the Elizabeth Line and National Rail are all expected to be running as usual. Regular tube services are expected to be limited, but Transport for London has pledged to provide further updates. We’ve specially created a helpful guide with lots of options for how to get there. Simply click here to read it and plan your journey.

Writer Gavin Plumley will be our guide, taking us in the composer’s footsteps, retracing the paths he took across Britain gathering inspiration. We’ll discover where he travelled, what he saw and what he heard, and how it shaped music that still speaks so resonantly in modern times. The Villiers String Quartet, tenor Xavier Hetherington, and pianist Hiroaki Takenouchi will be joining us to perform live a range of his works which, once heard, could become your new favourites.

This event is free to attend but tickets should be booked in advance. RPS Members have priority booking. Each person may book up to two tickets for this event through this page from the dates below:

RPS Circle and Platinum Members from 10am Thursday 13 October 2022
Gold Members from 10am Friday 14 October 2022
Members from 10am Monday 17 October 2022
Public booking from 10am Tuesday 18 October 2022