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18 Aug 2012, Cadogan Hall
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Proms 2012 Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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

Programme

      • … a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985) …(15 mins)
      • Ophelia Dances, Book 1(7 mins)
      • Ophelia's Last Dance(10 mins)
      • The Garden of Earthly Delights(35 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere

Performers

About this event

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

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

There will be no interval