An Aldeburgh tribute to Oliver Knussen
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Oliver Knussen being invited by Britten to have his music performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and tonight's concert is a tribute to him.
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Oliver Knussen - who died suddenly last year - being invited by Britten to have his music performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and tonight's concert is a tribute to him. The newly formed Knussen Chamber Orchestra perform music by Knussen himself as well as music and composers he admired. Presented by Tom McKinney.
Part 1
Knussen: Gong (from Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke)
Stravinsky: Septet
Knussen: Scriabin Settings
Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind
Knussen: O Hototogisu!
INTERVAL
During the interval Tom McKinney visits the Britten/Pears Foundation and meets the librarian Nicholas Clark to reflect on the musical relationship between Benjamin Britten and the young Oliver Knussen. Included is an extract from Britten鈥檚 opera Curlew River in the recording by the English Opera Group conducted by the composer.
Part 2
Britten: Nocturne
Schubert: Symphony No.5
Claire Booth (soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Knussen Chamber Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
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Oliver Knussen
Gong (Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke)
Singer: Claire Booth. Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Septet
Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. -
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Oliver Knussen
Scriabin Settings
Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
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Toru Takemitsu
How Slow The Wind
Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
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Oliver Knussen
O Hototogisu!
Performer: Karen Jones. Singer: Claire Booth. Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
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Benjamin Britten
Curlew River - 'Curlew River, smoothly flowing' & 'Today is an important day'
Singer: Bryan Drake. Singer: Harold Blackburn. Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Ensemble: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA (LONDON).
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Benjamin Britten
Nocturne
Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5
Ensemble: Oliver Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in B minor Op.2`8
Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.- Chandos.
Broadcast
- Tue 2 Jul 2019 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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