Perpetuo with Alex Jennings, presented by Chiltern Arts

Wednesday 20 May 2026, 7.30–9.30pm
All Saints' Church, The Causeway, Marlow SL7 2AA

PERPETUO — Fenella Humphreys (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Cara Berridge (cello) and James Turnbull (oboe) — were joined by actor Alex Jennings (The Crown, The Lady in the Van) for an evening beside the Thames, tracing a river's journey from source to sea through music and words inspired by water and the natural world.

The programme paired chamber music with readings from both classic and contemporary writers, building a single unfolding narrative rather than a conventional concert sequence:

• Jean Sibelius — String Trio in G minor
• Benjamin Britten — Arethusa, from 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49
• Anna Berg — Earthward, Ever Circling (string trio) – UK premiere
• Jean Sibelius — Water Droplets
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Deep River
• Schubert — String Trio in B flat
• Sally Beamish — The Lone Seafarer
• W.A. Mozart — Adagio for Cor Anglais and String Trio
• Adrian Sutton — Spring Masque
• Robert Schumann — Mondnacht

Plus literature and poetry readings performed by Alex Jennings

The concert was part of Chiltern Arts' 2026 Festival.