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Performer: Britten SinfoniaFrom today| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm |
 Snape Maltings Concert HallLes Illuminations Aldeburgh Festival |
Britten, Three songs for Les Illuminations, orch Colin Matthews  |
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| Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm Les Illuminations In Britten’s Rimbaud songs the sensuality of the texts is matched in agile, feverish music for strings which trembles, shimmers and seduces. The French soprano Sandrine Piau, who premiered Colin Matthews’ completion of Britten’s three additional Rimbaud songs, makes her Aldeburgh debut. Judith Weir, citing Tippett’s work as a model, sets a small group of soloists against a larger body of strings in the style of a baroque concerto grosso. Bartok’s masterpiece weaves its magic from threads of folk music, sprightly dance rhythms and a compelling ‘night music’ episode that conjures an atmosphere of fantasy and dreams. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Three songs for Les Illuminations, orch Colin Matthews | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Mansion House, London Britten Sinfonia City of London Festival |
Matthews D., Concertino Op.42: The Flaying of Marsyas (World Première of arrangement) |
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| Mansion House, London, Mansion House Place, London EC4N 8LB, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm Britten Sinfonia Tickets £10, £20, £27, and £30 Matthews, David (b. 1943), Concertino Op.42: The Flaying of Marsyas (World Première of arrangement) | ||
| Saturday 3-Aug-13 03:00pm |
Cadogan Hall, London Proms Saturday Matinée 2 BBC Proms |
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| Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 3-Aug-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 2 Two great British works for voice and string orchestra appear in the second Proms Saturday Matinee, which focuses on Britten and his peers. Sarah Connolly joins conductor Sian Edwards and the Britten Sinfonia in Britten’s searing final vocal work, Phaedra, and a rare performance of Lennox Berkeley’s intensely felt Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, premiered by Kathleen Ferrier in 1948. In addition to featuring classics of the string orchestra repertoire in Holst’s St Paul’s Suite and Tippett’s Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli, the programme includes Britten’s inventive Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra.Tickets £10 - £12. | ||
| Wednesday 6-Nov-13 07:45pm |
Barbican Theatre, London Barbican Britten: Phaedra |
Britten, Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) |
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| Barbican Theatre, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8BQ, United Kingdom Wednesday 6-Nov-13 07:45pm Barbican Britten: Phaedra When Richard Alston first heard the music of Benjamin Britten, he was ‘overwhelmed, not just by its incredible beauty but by the eloquent setting of words’. In this diverse all-Britten evening, the words sung range from taut drama in Phaedra to succinctly intimate poetry in Holderlin Fragments, as both dances receive their world premieres. The wild imagery of Les Illuminations brings sheer exhilaration, in stark contrast to the quietly tender Lachrymae for viola and strings. All pieces see Britten Sinfonia with violinist/director Pekka Kuusisto, dancers and singers come together on stage for a truly one-off collaboration.
Tickets: £16-35 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) | ||
| Thursday 7-Nov-13 07:45pm |
Barbican Theatre, London Barbican Britten: Phaedra |
Britten, Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) |
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| Barbican Theatre, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8BQ, United Kingdom Thursday 7-Nov-13 07:45pm Barbican Britten: Phaedra When Richard Alston first heard the music of Benjamin Britten, he was ‘overwhelmed, not just by its incredible beauty but by the eloquent setting of words’. In this diverse all-Britten evening, the words sung range from taut drama in Phaedra to succinctly intimate poetry in Holderlin Fragments, as both dances receive their world premieres. The wild imagery of Les Illuminations brings sheer exhilaration, in stark contrast to the quietly tender Lachrymae for viola and strings. All pieces see Britten Sinfonia with violinist/director Pekka Kuusisto, dancers and singers come together on stage for a truly one-off collaboration.
Tickets: £16-35 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) | ||
| Friday 8-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Barbican Britten: Bostridge sings Our Hunting Fathers |
Purcell, Chacony in G minor, Z807 (arr. Britten) |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Friday 8-Nov-13 07:30pm Barbican Britten: Bostridge sings Our Hunting Fathers Benjamin Britten arrived in north America in 1939 – talented, idealistic and hungry for success. One of his first creations was the fanfare Young Apollo, inspired by Keats’s ‘new dazzling sun-god, quivering with radiant vitality’, a work of consistent and almost overwhelming brilliance. Young rising star pianist and 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year Lara Melda performs the solo sections this evening. At the other end of his life Britten became preoccupied with the recollection of times lost. His Suite on English Folk Tunes is a touching act of homage to both the country he felt so rooted to and the tradition of folksong to which he owed so much. Guardian of Britten’s very distinct vocal tradition Ian Bostridge sings the composer’s savage view of man’s inhumanity to man, the visceral song cycle Our Hunting Fathers.
Tickets: £10-35 Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Chacony in G minor, Z807 (arr. Britten) | ||
| Saturday 9-Nov-13 07:45pm |
Barbican Theatre, London Barbican Britten: Phaedra |
Britten, Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) |
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| Barbican Theatre, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8BQ, United Kingdom Saturday 9-Nov-13 07:45pm Barbican Britten: Phaedra When Richard Alston first heard the music of Benjamin Britten, he was ‘overwhelmed, not just by its incredible beauty but by the eloquent setting of words’. In this diverse all-Britten evening, the words sung range from taut drama in Phaedra to succinctly intimate poetry in Holderlin Fragments, as both dances receive their world premieres. The wild imagery of Les Illuminations brings sheer exhilaration, in stark contrast to the quietly tender Lachrymae for viola and strings. All pieces see Britten Sinfonia with violinist/director Pekka Kuusisto, dancers and singers come together on stage for a truly one-off collaboration.
Tickets: £16-35 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Phaedra, Op.93 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61 (with new choreography by Richard Alston, Barbican co-commission, world premiere) | ||
| Thursday 14-Nov-13 08:00pm |
St Giles, Cripplegate, London Barbican Britten: Curlew River |
Ian Bostridge, Tenor: Madwoman Gwynne Howell, Bass: Abbot Neal Davies, Baritone: Traveller Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Ferryman Netia Jones, Director William Lacey, Conductor Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices |
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| St Giles, Cripplegate, London, London EC2Y 8DA, United Kingdom Thursday 14-Nov-13 08:00pm Barbican Britten: Curlew River When Benjamin Britten first experienced the strange rituals of a Noh play he immediately saw the dramatic and musical potential of this very distinct form of Japanese drama. He used its clipped ceremony and masked interplay for his East Anglian drama Curlew River – a piece shot through with the strange, exotic sounds of bells, un-tuned drums, organ and chamber ensemble. For John Bridcut, curator of the Barbican’s Britten study day, Curlew River is a ‘once heard, never forgotten’ work. Ian Bostridge joins a specialist cast, the Britten Sinfonia and director Netia Jones for a new look at one of Britten’s most fascinating creations.
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£40 Ian Bostridge, Tenor: Madwoman Gwynne Howell, Bass: Abbot Neal Davies, Baritone: Traveller Peter Coleman-Wright, Baritone: Ferryman Netia Jones, Director William Lacey, Conductor Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices | ||
| Thursday 17-Apr-14 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Bach's "Other" Passion: The St John Passion |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 17-Apr-14 08:15pm Bach's "Other" Passion: The St John Passion Image credit: Britten Sinfonia © Sussie Ahlburg | ||
| Thursday 29-May-14 07:30pm |
Barbican Centre: Hall, London Birtwistle at 80: Yan Tan Tethera |
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| Barbican Centre: Hall, London, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Thursday 29-May-14 07:30pm Birtwistle at 80: Yan Tan Tethera In 1986 Harrison Birtwistle’s increasingly magnetic draw towards the theatrical saw him create Yan Tan Tethera, a mythical-cum-supernatural opera telling of shepherds counting their sheep and encountering not angels but the antichrist. Birtwistle’s characteristic combination of machine-like instrumental writing and vocal lyricism meet in a piece described by the composer as ‘a mechanical pastoral’. Heard just once in the UK since its London premiere, Yan Tan Tethera is seen and heard here in a semi-staged performance presented by the Barbican and the Britten Sinfonia. Tickets:£10-25 | ||
