Sung by one of the great singers of our time, We’ll Gather Lilacs is a concert of timeless classics starring Sophie Bevan MBE and Sebastian Wybrew.

 Launching the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Jersey and the Liberation International Music Festival in May 2025, We’ll Gather Lilacs tells the stories of the excitement of those who must leave to fight, the love, fear and loss of those left behind, to the joy felt at the end of the war by all.

 Captivating songs from the timeless perspective of ‘Tom Sails Away’ to the oceanic depths of Elgar's 'Submarines' and the cosy evergreen 'We'll Gather Lilacs' and other songs by Noel Coward and Ivor Novello will make this a night to remember.

Programme includes:

Britten - Sweet Polly Oliver
Haydn – Sailor’s song
Elgar - Submarines
Stanford - Homeward Bound

INTERVAL
Haydn Wood - Roses of Picardy
Lee & Weston - Good byee
Novello - I can give you the starlight - Some day my heart will awake - and - We'll Gather Lilacs
Coward - If love were all
Coward - A bar on the Piccola Marina

 “Sophie Bevan's refreshing virtuosity”

The Guardian

“the majestic soprano”

BBC Music Magazine

The charity Music in Action is at the forefront of outreach projects in Jersey. In 2024, over 7000 children and care home residents have taken part in the Music in Action outreach programme. The charity aims to enrich and transform lives and communities through the power of music.

For inquiries about the concert, email: support@musicjersey.com, or call the landline on: 01534 761767.

Next up is Music in Action’s Liberation International Music Festival running from 9th May to 18th May. If you like this concert then please also consider the Jersey Chamber Orchestra with Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) on Saturday 10th May  2025, 7:30pm or the London Mozart Players with Harriet Mackenzie (violin) playing the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires on Friday 9th May to open the Liberation Festival.  See more at www.musicjersey.com