Echoes of Hill and Horizon

Vaughan Williams’ works were originally intended for cathedrals and churches – think big, bold and echoing through grand stone rooms.

Concrete Voids, our bespoke, experimental sound system, brings that same spine-tingling energy: turning the Queen Elizabeth Hall into a living, breathing, epic three-dimensional instrument.

Hear works including Vaughan Williams’ breathtaking The Lark Ascending – the UK’s favourite piece of classical music – alongside the haunting Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, played on authentic, period-style instruments.

Music fills the space and reverberates off the walls in this performance where history meets cutting-edge technology, harnessing the expansive power of our bespoke Concrete Voids system to fill the Queen Elizabeth Hall with sound.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment makes old music new, playing instruments and using techniques from the period in which the music was written.

Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup makes artworks that combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.

Concrete Voids, conceived by Southbank Centre Sound Technician Tony Birch, is a custom-built system of over 80 hidden speakers, turning the Queen Elizabeth Hall into a 3D sound instrument.

Commissioned by the Southbank Centre and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Part of Multitudes 2026.

The ticket price includes a £2 venue restoration levy.