Prom 50 - Britten, Matthews, Mozart
Stephen Layton leads the City of London Sinfonia, Polyphony and soloists. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Matthews: No Man's Land. Mozart compl Sussmayr: Requiem.
With Jonathan Swain
Proms Repeat: a performance of Mozart's tragic masterpiece which was composed in the final months of his life and left unfinished at his death. Also on the programme is the young Benjamin Britten's tribute to his teacher, Frank Bridge, and a new work by Colin Matthews which arose out of what the composer describes as an obsession with the First World War. The work sets texts from the poet, Christopher Reid's Airs and Ditties of No Man's Land which have as their scenario the image of the corpses of two soldiers hanging on the barbed wire of no-man's-land. As they do so, scraps of song, memories and reflections pass through their minds. Stephen Layton conducts Polyphony, the group that he founded in 1986, along with the City of London Sinfonia of which he is now the Principal Conductor.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
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Prom 50: City of London Sinfonia
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Benjamin Britten
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op.10
Conductor: Stephen Layton Performer: City of London Sinfonia
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Colin Matthews
No man's land
Conductor: Stephen Layton Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone) Performer: City OF London Sinfonia.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor K.626
Conductor: Stephen Layton Performer: Emma Bell (soprano) Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: James Rutherford (baritone) Performer: Renata Pokupic (soprano) Performer: City of London Sinfonia. Performer: Polyphony
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Fritz Kreisler
Polichinelle - serenade
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Performer: Peter NAGY (piano)
- BIS.
- CD-1196.
Broadcast
- Tue 23 Aug 2011 14:30大象传媒 Radio 3