

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Protecting Veil: Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Max Richter & John Tavener
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 02:45 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: John Tavener’s spiritual masterpiece – both ecstatic and contemplative – is paired with Vaughan Williams’ most haunting, enduring work, along with Max Richter’s fine-boned homage to Vivaldi.

This programme focuses on the power and lyricism of a large string orchestra, climaxing with John Tavener’s 45-minute cello concerto The Protecting Veil. Led by star cellist Guy Johnston, winner of BBC Musician of the Year and the Classical Brits, the listener is taken on a profound journey – serene, disruptive, joyful – bringing authenticity and mediation to a secular world. ‘I have tried to capture the cosmic power of the Mother of God,’ Tavener said, explaining the ‘protecting veil’ of the Virgin Mary; ‘the cello never stops singing throughout.’ It topped the classical charts after its premiere at the Proms in 1992 and was nominated for the Mercury Prize; a later Tavener work, Music for Athene, was sung at Princess Diana’s funeral.

Before that, Vaughan Williams’ sublime homage to his 16th century forebear, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis – one of his most loved works – gives way to two of Vivaldi’s Seasons: fittingly Spring and Winter. Vivaldi’s superb Venetian virtuosity is subtly, and mesmerizingly, reimagined by the influential composer Max Richter from his 2014 hit album, Vivaldi Recomposed.

‘Guy Johnston captures Tavener’s wistful, yearning quality to perfection, surfing the music’s impassioned dynamic range with a beguiling, velvet sonority that opens out thrillingly in moments of special intensity.’ – The Times
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brighton/the-protecting-veil-vaughan-williams-vivaldi-max-richter-and-john-tavener/200028529649831
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.brightonphil.org.uk/whats-on/the-protecting-veil-vaughan-williams-vivaldi-max-richter-john-tavener/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=brighton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Brighton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Brighton Dome
- **lat**: 50.8235204467
- **long**: -0.13838828075677
- **full address**: Brighton Dome, Brighton, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Brighton Philharmonic (https://allevents.in/org/brighton-philharmonic/24313163)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 02:45 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Brighton Dome, Brighton, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Brighton Philharmonic
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Protecting Veil: Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Max Richter & John Tavener ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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