Orchestral gala for Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital – 6 April

Young classical musicians from across Norfolk will be taking part in an orchestral gala to raise funds for Norwich’s Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital as part of the celebrations to mark its 170th Anniversary.

The Gala will take place at St Peter Mancroft Church, Chantry Lane, Norwich, on Saturday, 6 April at 7.30pm.

To buy tickets at £15 per adult, £10 concession and £32 for a family ticket, visit Norwich Sinfonietta’s website.

Norwich Sinfonietta – formed in 2021 to give young musicians the opportunity to develop their skills and play with a full orchestra – will perform children’s favourites Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Debussy’s Children’s Corner.

The event will showcase professional sopranos Ella de Jongh and locally based Rebecca Kaznowski who will sing popular opera arias and oratorio, some written for Swedish Opera singer Jenny Lind herself and featuring composers such as Dvorak, Mozart and Mendelssohn.

Actress, Emma Laird Craig, who appears as Sarah Ferguson in the latest series of ‘The Crown’ and is a direct descendent of Jenny Lind, will be the narrator for the concert.

To buy tickets at £15 per adult, £10 concession and £32 for a family ticket, visit Norwich Sinfonietta’s website.All money raised will go to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity to support even better care for patients of the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital. To find out how to donate please visit their fundraising page.