Performance

Venue	Snape Maltings Concert Hall
	Other spaces: The Red House
Town	Aldeburgh
County	Suffolk
From	28th October 2000
To	28th October 2000
When	11:00 (ends approx 12:45)
What is currently on at Snape Maltings Concert Hall (V75)

Winter Sounds and Words

T1369464711
This programme pays homage to the horn and two remarkable players of the instrument. Dennis Brain, who died in an horrific car crash at the age of 36, set a new standard for horn playing, defying expectations in his exquisite handling of the instrument, notably in Britten's Serenade, Op 31 for tenor and horn and strings (1943) and Canticle III, written for him. Poulenc's harsh and turbulent Elegie is his own response to the shock of Brain's death. In a continuance of the precedent set by Britten, the Britten-Pears Foundation has commissioned David Knotts to write a new piece for another incredible horn player, Richard Watkins.

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Production details

Jubilee Hall. The Britten Festival

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Company

Performer	Thomas Cooley (tenor)
Performer	Richard Watkins (horn)
Performer	Andrew West (piano)
Music	Britten (Winter Words Op 52 1953)
Music	Britten (Two extra songs from Winter Words)
Music	Britten (Canticle III 'Still Falls the Rain - The Raids 1940 Night and Dawn' Op 55 1954)
Music	Poulenc (Elegie for Horn and Piano 1957)
Music	David Knotts (New Work for horn and piano)

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