Britten Birthday Concert, part 1 - Les illuminations, Lachrymae
Martyn Brabbins conducts the Nash Ensemble in music by Britten: Les illuminations; Lachrymae for viola and strings. With Sandrine Piau, John Mark Ainsley and Lawrence Power.
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Nash Ensemble play Britten live from Wigmore Hall, conducted by Martyn Brabbins. They are joined by soloists Sandrine Piau, John Mark Ainsley, Richard Watkins and Lawrence Power for two of Britten's great early orchestral song cycles, as well as an early masterpiece for viola revisited by the composer at the very end of his life.
Britten: Les illuminations, Op.18
Britten: Lachrymae, Op.48a, for viola and strings
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Then at approx 9.15pm
Paul Lewis plays Schubert at the Wigmore Hall. One of the three great sonatas written by Schubert in the last months of his short life.
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D.959
Paul Lewis (piano)
(continued on Thursday at approx 9.20pm with the Sonata in B flat, D. 960).
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Benjamin Britten
Les Illuminations Op.18 for voice and string orchestra
Conductor: Martyn BRABBINS Performer: Sandrine PIAU - Soprano Performer: Nash Ensemble
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Benjamin Britten
Lachrymae (Reflections on a song of Dowland) Op.48a, arr. for viola and strings [orig. wit
Conductor: Martyn BRABBINS Performer: Lawrence POWER - Viola Performer: Nash Ensemble
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade Op.31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra
Conductor: Martyn BRABBINS Performer: John Mark AINSLEY - Tenor Performer: Richard WATKINS - Horn Performer: Nash Ensemble
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- Tue 4 Dec 2012 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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