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Durrell Centenary Dinner & Concert
Join Music in Action at the Jersey Opera House to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gerald Durrell. This will be an exceptional event fundraising for both the Durrell Wildlife Trust and the Jersey Sings project to help children in schools.
- Seasonal opening
- Booking needed
Price: £11.55 - £200
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The evening is one of the first back at the refurbished Opera House. It features 150 musicians and children with popular music themes around animals, from Swan Lake to a specially commissioned 'Durrell Suite' performed by a choir with children from Jersey and Corfu where Gerald also had a home.
The music is directed by world renowned conductor Eamonn Dougan and played by the Jersey Chamber Orchestra.
Programme - 60 minutes:
🎼 Wasps Overture - Vaughan Williams
🎼 Swan Lake Excerpts - Tchaikovsky
🎼 Durrell Suite - Lawrence
🎼 Hippopotamus Song - Flanders and Swan
Performances:
🕛 6-7pm | The Lemur Showing
🕛 8.15-9.15pm | The Meerkat Showing
- October:
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11th October 2025
18:00 - 19:00 -
11th October 2025
20:15 - 21:15
We are open:
October
- Indoor
- Couples
- Catering
Location
Jersey Opera House
Gloucester Street
Jersey
St. Helier
JE2 3QR
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