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| Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm |
Tulane University: Dixon Hall, New Orleans, LABirdfoot Festival Final Gala Concert |
Danny Driver, Piano Kristopher Tong, Violin Dimitri Murrath, Viola Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet Jenna Sherry, Violin Prach Boondiskulchok, Piano Lisa Romain, Violin Ari Isaacman-Beck, Violin Alex Fortes, Violin Dash Nesbitt, Viola Daniel Arocha, Viola Gwen Krosnick, Cello Joann Whang, Cello Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello Jihyun Kim, Cello Jeran Philleo, Oboe |
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| Tulane University: Dixon Hall, New Orleans, LA, Tulane University, New Orleans, 70118, United States Saturday 25-May-13 08:00pm Birdfoot Festival Final Gala Concert Danny Driver, Piano Kristopher Tong, Violin Dimitri Murrath, Viola Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet Jenna Sherry, Violin Prach Boondiskulchok, Piano Lisa Romain, Violin Ari Isaacman-Beck, Violin Alex Fortes, Violin Dash Nesbitt, Viola Daniel Arocha, Viola Gwen Krosnick, Cello Joann Whang, Cello Caleb van der Swaagh, Cello Jihyun Kim, Cello Jeran Philleo, Oboe | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 08:30pm |
Dewan Filharmonik Petronus, Kuala LumpurBrilliant Bruckner |
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| Dewan Filharmonik Petronus, Kuala Lumpur, Suria Klcc Jalan Ampang, PETRONAS Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur 50088, Malaysia Saturday 25-May-13 08:30pm Brilliant Bruckner | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
Dewan Filharmonik Petronus, Kuala LumpurBrilliant Bruckner |
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| Dewan Filharmonik Petronus, Kuala Lumpur, Suria Klcc Jalan Ampang, PETRONAS Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur 50088, Malaysia Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm Brilliant Bruckner | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Snape Maltings Concert HallSongs from the Same Earth Aldeburgh Festival |
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| Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Thursday 13-Jun-13 07:30pm Songs from the Same Earth Pairing Britten’s only German song collection with Schumann acknowledges his debt to one of the grand masters of Romantic lieder. But while Schumann’s magnifi cent cycle creates a large canvas on which to draw his protagonist’s desires and despair, Britten’s is a miracle of concision where every phrase is potent, every song a fl eeting impression befi tting the ‘fragments’ of the title. Birtwistle’s major new cycle reunites composer, writer David Harsent and lead role from his 2009 Aldeburgh-commissioned opera, The Corridor. | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon In Memoriam Spring Sounds |
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| Civic Hall Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon , Stratford-on-Avon CV37 6LU, United Kingdom Friday 14-Jun-13 07:30pm In Memoriam | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Birmingham Town HallBritten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos Delius and Ireland: A Celebration |
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| Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham B3 3DQ, United Kingdom Friday 21-Jun-13 07:30pm Britten World Première: Chaos and Cosmos ‘Delius and Ireland: A Celebration’ is a five-day Festival, one of the biggest the Conservatoire has ever hosted, involving over 60 individuals from the senior and junior Conservatoire, students and Faculty (including those famously associated with this repertoire), as well as orchestras, choirs and guest artists. Fifteen concert programmes will showcase songs, piano pieces, chamber and orchestral works - including performances of the complete solo piano works by John Ireland, the Delius Double and Ireland Piano Concerto – and culminate in a performance of Delius's masterpiece, Seadrift, with the Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Friend in Birmingham Town Hall on 21st June. This programme also includes the world première of an early work by Benjamin Britten entitled Chaos and Cosmos, which the Conservatoire’s students have been preparing and recording as part of the Britten Thematic Catalogue. Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Birmingham Conservatoire Chorus Lionel Friend, Conductor Yu-Fen Lin, Piano Gwion Thomas, Baritone Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:30pm |
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, LondonForest Philharmonic orchestra |
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| Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4SY, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 06:30pm Forest Philharmonic orchestra | ||
| Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm |
St Peter's Church, ShaldonFinzi Quartet |
Schumann, Piano Quintet |
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| St Peter's Church, Shaldon, Shaldon, United Kingdom Sunday 23-Jun-13 07:30pm Finzi Quartet Ticket Information: Centre Seats £15, Side Seats £10, Student seats £5 Detail: Finzi Quartet with Ashley Fripp Concert presented in association with the Royal Over-Seas League Marie Salvat violin Louise Salmona violin Helene Desaint viola Lydia Shelley cello Ashley Fripp piano Haydn’s six quartets of Op.76 were written in 1796-7 for Count Joseph Erdödy of Pressburg, who had family connections with Haydn's employer, the second Prince Nikolaus Esterházy de Galantha. They show a confidence of expression and technique consistent with Haydn's preeminent position in European musical life. They followed hard upon the second of Haydn's highly successful visits to England and demonstrated that at the age of 65 or so, Haydn still had much to offer in the development of the quartet form. It was indeed the only instrumental form that continued to hold his interest as he drew close to the end of his composing career. Speaking of the richly varied Opus 76 set of quartets, Charles Burney, the English writer and musician, told Haydn that he had "never received more pleasure from instrumental music; they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects". Benjamin Britten's Three Divertimenti started life as an abortive string quartet entitled Alla Quartetto Serioso: Go play, boy, play: a quotation from Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. This early version dates from 1933, when the composer was nineteen, and, in turn, it grew out of an Alla Marcia which he had planned for an Emil and the Detectives suite. Five movements were projected for Go play, boy, play, each of which was to portray a schoolboy friend and to give impressions of boyish fun and games. The Alla Marcia was subtitled P.T. (Physical Training), and portrayed David Layton, a considerable athlete who went up to Cambridge. Subtitled Ragging, the third movement portrayed Francis Barton, a friend from prep. school days. The three completed movements were performed in 1933 and were well received, although the composer had his reservations and ceased work on the quartet. Nevertheless they were to receive another airing when a few years later Britten revised them and chose a new title – Three Divertimenti. (Notes by John Dalton courtesy of Making Music.) Schumann was the first great composer to combine piano and string quartet and he did it with such masterly skill, and with such inspiration, that he created in this work one of the eternal jewels in the entire repertoire of chamber music. The thematic material is full of youthful spontaneity and it is shaped and moulded with assured and mature craftsmanship. Only occasionally does the piano override the strings and the five instruments share a texture of extreme clarity and always with well-defined lines. Prize winners in the 2010 Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the 2009 5th Trondheim International String Quartet Competition in Norway, the Finzi Quartet has given recitals and made numerous festival appearances at major venues throughout the UK and Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Auditorio Sony in Madrid. The Quartet has also performed live on BBC Radio 3 and on Viennese Radio. As selected Young Artists the Quartet has benefited from the support of the Tillett Trust, Park Lane Group, the Tunnell Trust and the Kirckman Concerts Society. The Quartet held a Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester between 2010 and 2012, and made its debut release with Resonus Classics in May 2012. Now based both in London and Paris, the members of the Finzi Quartet are alumni of the Royal College of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the Conservatoire National Superior de Musique et de Danse of both Paris and Lyon. British pianist Ashley Fripp has given solo, concerto and chamber music performances in many of the most prestigious venues throughout the UK, such as the Royal Festival, Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham Symphony, Barbican and Wigmore Halls. Recent international invitations have taken him throughout Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Australia and the USA, to such halls as the Carnegie Hall (New York) and the Audimax Hall (Regensburg). He has won prizes at more than a dozen national and international competitions, including the coveted Gold Medal from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Diploma of Outstanding Merit at the 8th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, 1st Prize at the Brant International Piano Competition and the Award for Keyboard at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. He has made appearances on BBC television and radio and has also performed in the Edinburgh, Brighton, Chipping Campden and City of London Festivals. Ashley Fripp studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and the Purcell School with Emily Jeffrey, and recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he is now undertaking postgraduate studies with Ronan O’Hora. Future plans include performances throughout the UK, France and Germany, and the recording of a Liszt album with Resonus Classics. His CD recording of both Chopin Piano Concertos was recently released on the Spektral Records label. Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Piano Quintet | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:30pm |
The Music Room, Gregynog, NewtownCatrin Finch Gregynog Festival |
Programme to include: Mozart, Theme, Variations and Rondo Painter, Gregynog Suite (Gregynog Festival commission, world première) |
| The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Tregynon, Newtown SY16 3PW, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 02:30pm Catrin Finch In a pre-concert talk, free to ticket-holders from 1.30pm, Christopher Painter and Rhian Davies will discuss the new commission and the influence of Painter’s teacher and mentor, the composer Alun Hoddinott, who collaborated with Britten and Pears at the Cardiff Festival during the 1970s. Programme to include: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Theme, Variations and Rondo Painter, Christopher (b. 1962), Gregynog Suite (Gregynog Festival commission, world première) | ||
| Thursday 1-Aug-13 06:30pm |
Stundars - Hemmer's House, KorsholmPoulenc, Previn and Britten Korsholm Music Festival |
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| Stundars - Hemmer's House, Korsholm, Stundarsintie 5, Korsholm 65450 Mustasaari, Finland Thursday 1-Aug-13 06:30pm Poulenc, Previn and Britten Tickets 20 /17 €
Bus transportation at 17.30 from Vaasa City Hall 19:30 Concert & Buffet Dinner - Restaurang Hemmer CONCERT & DINNER 55 / 52 € | ||
| Friday 2-Aug-13 08:30pm |
Laihia ChurchSpohr, Britten, Mendelssohn Korsholm Music Festival |
Sara Etelävuori, Violin Sofia Greus, Violin Dalia Stasevska, Viola Joona Pulkkinen, Cello Teemu Kauppinen, Double Bass Michael Faust, Flute Joris van den Hauwe, Oboe Thorsten Johanns, Clarinet Etienne Boudreault, Bassoon Ville Hiilivirta, Horn Erik Schumann, Violin Boris Garlitsky, Violin Tina Brännkärr, Viola Peter Hörr, Cello |
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| Laihia Church, Laihiantie 37, Laihia 66400 Laihia, Finland Friday 2-Aug-13 08:30pm Spohr, Britten, Mendelssohn Tickets 20 / 17 €
Bus transportation from Vaasa City Hall 20.00. Sara Etelävuori, Violin Sofia Greus, Violin Dalia Stasevska, Viola Joona Pulkkinen, Cello Teemu Kauppinen, Double Bass Michael Faust, Flute Joris van den Hauwe, Oboe Thorsten Johanns, Clarinet Etienne Boudreault, Bassoon Ville Hiilivirta, Horn Erik Schumann, Violin Boris Garlitsky, Violin Tina Brännkärr, Viola Peter Hörr, Cello | ||
| Tuesday 6-Aug-13 03:00pm |
Loftet Café, KorsholmCoffee-concert Korsholm Music Festival |
Boccherini, Duets |
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| Loftet Café, Korsholm, Raastuvankatu 28, Korsholm 65100 Vaasa, Finland Tuesday 6-Aug-13 03:00pm Coffee-concert Tickets 25 / 22 €
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| Friday 9-Aug-13 09:00pm |
Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, PradesEncounters with Rostropovitch Festival Pablo Casals de Prades |
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| Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, Codalet, Prades, 66500 Prades, France Friday 9-Aug-13 09:00pm Encounters with Rostropovitch ![]() | ||
| Saturday 10-Aug-13 07:00pm |
Allhelgonakyrkan, StockholmChamber music Festival Finale Allhelgonakyrkan Kammarmusikfestival |
Works by Mozart (Songs) |
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| Allhelgonakyrkan, Stockholm, Helgalunden, Stockholm SE 118 58, Sweden Saturday 10-Aug-13 07:00pm Chamber music Festival Finale ![]() Works by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) (Songs) Price type: Low cost, half at £10 or less | ||
| Sunday 18-Aug-13 03:00pm |
Tardebigge Church, BromsgroveCelebrating English Song: Marcus Farnsworth, Cara Berridge and James Baillieu |
Quilter, Five Shakespeare Songs (3 performed) Britten, A cello suite |
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| Tardebigge Church, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom Sunday 18-Aug-13 03:00pm Celebrating English Song: Marcus Farnsworth, Cara Berridge and James Baillieu Quilter, Roger (1877-1953), Five Shakespeare Songs (3 performed) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), A cello suite | ||
| Saturday 21-Sep-13 07:30pm |
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, LeicesterBritten, Debussy, Grime, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky Leicester International Music Festival |
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| New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, Leicester LE1 7EA, United Kingdom Saturday 21-Sep-13 07:30pm Britten, Debussy, Grime, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky ![]() 6.45 pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE Tickets: £19 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE | ||
| Sunday 22-Sep-13 06:30pm |
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, LeicesterFestival Finale Leicester International Music Festival |
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| New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, Leicester LE1 7EA, United Kingdom Sunday 22-Sep-13 06:30pm Festival Finale ![]() Tickets: £19 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE | ||
| Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, GatesheadIlluminations |
Britten, Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op.18 (with three additional movements orchestrated by Colin Matthews) |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:30pm Illuminations Mysterious, urgent, complex and unprecedented, Mozart’s last three symphonies seemed to appear from nowhere but at the same time carried a underlying power and passion that no generation has been able to ignore. Thomas Zehetmair conducts all three with the enchanting Salzburg Divertimenti, beginning here with the joyous explosion that is the Symphony No.39 and luminous songs by Benjamin Britten from the ice-pure voice of Julie Fuchs. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33. Dedicated to the memory of Jan Dyer. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op.18 (with three additional movements orchestrated by Colin Matthews) | ||
| Friday 25-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, GatesheadSerenade |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 25-Oct-13 07:30pm Serenade One century ago, a musician was born who did more to encapsulate the geographical and linguistic qualities of England than any other composer had managed before or has since. In his haunting Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Benjamin Britten set poetry by Blake, Tennyson and Cotton with a intensity, penetration and unity of atmosphere that hadn’t been heard before. We hear the Serenade here alongside the second of Mozart’s carefree ‘Salzburg’ Divertimenti and his frantic, eerie but compelling Symphony No.40. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33. | ||
| Saturday 2-Nov-13 08:00pm |
Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SABritten's War Requiem |
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| Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA, King William Road, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia Saturday 2-Nov-13 08:00pm Britten's War Requiem | ||
| Saturday 2-Nov-13 08:00pm |
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, BrusselsWar Requiem |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Saturday 2-Nov-13 08:00pm War Requiem Tickets 60 - 15 € | ||
| Sunday 3-Nov-13 08:00pm |
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, BrusselsWar Requiem |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Sunday 3-Nov-13 08:00pm War Requiem Tickets 60 - 15 € | ||
| Wednesday 6-Nov-13 07:00pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora SalenStephen Layton, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Hötorget 8, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Wednesday 6-Nov-13 07:00pm Stephen Layton, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör ![]() Image credit: Jan-Olav Wedin | ||
| Sunday 10-Nov-13 06:00pm |
Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stenhammarsalen, GothenburgChamber Series |
Works by Lutoslawski Works by Britten Works by Arensky Works by Verdi |
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| Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stenhammarsalen, Gothenburg, Kungsportsavenyn, Gothenburg, Sweden Sunday 10-Nov-13 06:00pm Chamber Series Works by Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994) Works by Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Works by Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | ||
| Sunday 10-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Fairfield, Croydon, LondonAurora Orchestra |
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| Fairfield, Croydon, London, Park Ln, Croydon, London CR9 1DG, United Kingdom Sunday 10-Nov-13 07:30pm Aurora Orchestra Since its launch eight years ago, Aurora Orchestra has established itself as one of the most dynamic and innovative forces on the UK's musical landscape. For its Fairfield Halls debut, Aurora presents Benjamin Britten’s complete existing documentary film scores, performed alongside the original films with narration from actor Samuel West. With subjects ranging from postage stamps to pacifism, the abolition of the slave trade to the electrification of the London–Portsmouth railway, the films are wonderfully made and fascinating historical documents. Britten’s music brilliantly reflects, amplifies and underpins the screen images with scores of rich variety, invention and no little wit. A celebration of composer’s craft, and film-maker’s technique, and a remarkably vivid insight into 1930s Britain. | ||
| Thursday 14-Nov-13 07:30pm |
St Mary de Lode, GloucesterGloucester Music Society 84th Season - "In Memoriam" |
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| St Mary de Lode, Gloucester, Gloucester GL1 2QT, United Kingdom Thursday 14-Nov-13 07:30pm Gloucester Music Society 84th Season - "In Memoriam" | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolGreat Britten |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Great Britten Fresh, bold, and pulsing with emotion, Benjamin Britten’s music swept through post-war Britain like a blast of sea air. On the eve of his centenary, Vasily Petrenko, the Orchestra and the Choir present an anniversary tribute ranging from the volcanic Sinfonia da Requiem, through the atmospheric Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, to the joyous Hymn to St Cecilia.
Making her Liverpool debut, Vilde Frang joins the salute in the brooding wartime Violin Concerto – and to top it all off, we revel in the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1946 under Malcolm Sargent. Share the fun as we say “Happy Birthday, Ben!”Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Sunday 24-Nov-13 02:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolBritten and Mahler |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 24-Nov-13 02:30pm Britten and Mahler Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra present an anniversary tribute to Britten with a joyous twist. As a young man, Britten hugely admired the music of Mahler. The symphonic poem Totenfeier (funeral rites) later became the opening movement of his Second Symphony. Vilde Frang makes her Liverpool debut in the luscious, deliriously romantic Violin Concerto that Korngold created from his Hollywood film scores. There’s only one way to follow that – with the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1945 under Malcolm Sargent.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Tuesday 26-Nov-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, AmsterdamBritten's Five Canticles with tenor Mark Padmore and Friends |
Purcell, Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2 (arr. M. Tippett / W. Bergmann) Purcell, Sweeter than roses, Z 585 (arr. B. Britten) Purcell, The Tempest, Z 631: Full fathom five (arr. T. Adès) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 26-Nov-13 08:15pm Britten's Five Canticles with tenor Mark Padmore and Friends ![]() Image credit: Mark Padmore © Ronald Knapp Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2 (arr. M. Tippett / W. Bergmann) Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Sweeter than roses, Z 585 (arr. B. Britten) Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), The Tempest, Z 631: Full fathom five (arr. T. Adès) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Canticle I, My beloved is mine, for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.40 | ||
| Wednesday 11-Dec-13 08:00pm |
La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, BrusselsMark Padmore |
Purcell, Songs for countertenor, arr. Benjamin Britten |
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| La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels, Muntplein-Place de la Monnaie, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Wednesday 11-Dec-13 08:00pm Mark Padmore Tickets 39 - 12 €. Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Songs for countertenor, arr. Benjamin Britten | ||
| Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm |
Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), BergenEdward Gardner conducts |
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen (Final scene) Sibelius, Six Songs for Baritone and Orchestra (orch. E. Rautavaara, world premiere) |
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| Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen, Edvard Griegs plass 1, Bergen 5015, Norway Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm Edward Gardner conducts Themes of war begin and end this concert, led by Principal Guest Conductor (and soon to be Chief) Edward Gardner. Britten’s Sinfonia was commissioned by the Japanese government on the very eve of WWII, then rejected because of its religious and pacifistic nature. Janácek’s Sinfonietta, on the other hand, has a distinctly martial character, for which the composer employed no less than 14 trumpets. Grammy-winning baritone Gerald Finley takes the spotlight in the final scene from the Cunning Little Vixen opera, (which Janácek asked to be played at his own funeral), and a cycle of Sibelius’ songs. Rautavaara's orchestration of Sibelius is commissioned by Gothenburg Symphony and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928), The Cunning Little Vixen (Final scene) Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957), Six Songs for Baritone and Orchestra (orch. E. Rautavaara, world premiere) | ||