Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

18 Aug 2012, Cadogan Hall

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Proms 2012 Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

15:00 Sat 18 Aug 2012 Cadogan Hall

Having led the Wallace & Gromit Prom, Nicholas Collon returns for works by anniversary composers Bainbridge, Goehr and Knussen.

Programme

- - Alexander Goehr
  - 鈥� a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985) 鈥�(15 mins)
- - Oliver Knussen
  - Ophelia Dances, Book 1(7 mins)
  - Ophelia's Last Dance(10 mins)
- - Simon Bainbridge
  - The Garden of Earthly Delights(35 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere

Performers

Huw Watkins
piano
piano
Lucy Schaufer
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Andrew Watts
counter-tenor
counter-tenor
Samuel West
narrator
narrator
London Sinfonietta Voices
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Nicholas Collon
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Linked Ophelia pieces by Oliver Knussen, 60 this year, follow Alexander Goehr鈥檚 reflection on Bach鈥檚 compositional procedures, which Knussen himself premiered, wearing his conductor鈥檚 hat.

Also born in 1952, Simon Bainbridge has developed a darker, less mercurial kind of idiom. Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch鈥檚 extraordinary triptych, his eagerly awaited new work is a labyrinthine journey featuring mezzo-soprano and counter-tenor.

大象传媒

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