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Britten Sinfonia - T0767938264Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto No. 2 begins in the lower depths and explodes into transcendentally demanding piano writing before the other players enter. Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Gigue Machine, which Nicolas Hodges unveiled in Stuttgart earlier this year, also receives its first UK outing and Brian Elias's meticulously crafted Sophoclean scena, set in the original ancient Greek, gets its first performance anywhere. Its cor anglais soloist, closely identified with the Britten Sinfonia as oboist and conductor, is a recent recipient of The Queen's Medal for Music. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 16:30Performer Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano). Performer Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais). Performer Nicolas Hodges (piano). Company Britten Sinfonia. Conductor Clark Rundell. | |
| 11 Aug 12 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L0355844829 |
Hildegard/Britten/Sir harrison Birtwistle & Stevie Wishart - T01308115967A concert performed jointly by the BBC Singers and Stevie Wishart's Sinfonye, a group which applies new learning on period performance to the improvisatory freedom associated with traditional music. The exploration of material sung, inspired or composed by women is another aim and this concert not only pays tribute to the music of Hildegard of Bingen but ends with four new songs based on her texts. 'For Hildegard, it seems music was a way for mortals to experience something of heavenly or spiritual ecstasy,' says Stevie Wishart, 'and it is perhaps this desire which we can most clearly empathise with today. Hers is a creative spirit which soars high, as much in our time as in her own.' As a centrepiece, two British settings of medieval texts express visionary fervour through the sound-worlds of the second half of the 20th century. There will be no interval. Finish time: approx. 16:30Company BBC Singers. Company Sinfonye. Conductor Robert Hollingworth. Conductor Stevie Wishart. | |
| 27 Aug 11 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L0145216512 |
I Fagiolini and Britten Sinfonia - T0949707016Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper.Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth. Director Robert Hollingworth (I Fagiolini). Company Britten Sinfonia. Performer Lawrence Power (viola). | |
| 21 Aug 10 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L196105267 |
T817512554Finish time approx. 16:30Conductor Laurence Cummings. Performer Mark Padmore. Company The English Concert. Music Boyce (Symphony No 5 in D major). Music Arne (Two Shakespeare Songs). Music Thomas Linley Jr (Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare - Overture). Music Handel (selections)). | |
| 18 Aug 07 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L480300764 |
BBC Proms Concert - Proms Saturday Matinee
