大象传媒

In the second of their Aldeburgh Festival performances, the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Martyn Brabbins present a programme of British music, culminating with the world premiere of The Faerie Bride, a cantata by the Orchestra's Composer in Association, Gavin Higgins. In this work, Higgins sets words written by Francesca Simon depicting the Welsh myth 'The Lady of Lyn y Fan Fach' in which the eponymous faerie marries a man on the condition he must not strike her three times or she will immediately return to the lake in which she dwelled. This world premiere is preceded by Grace Williams's Sea Sketches, a fantastically evocative depiction of the South Wales coastline. Fittingly, we also hear Williams' dear friend鈥攁nd one of the founders of the Aldeburgh Festival鈥擝enjamin Britten. His Suite on English Folk Tunes is a late work which he subtitled 'A time there was...', referring both to older musical traditions, and his own earlier compositions.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas live from Snape Maltings.

7.30pm
G Williams: Sea Sketches
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes - 'A Time There Was...', Op 90

8.10pm
Interval Music (from CD)

8.30pm
Gavin Higgins: The Faerie Bride

Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Female Voice)
Roderick Williams (Male Voice)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)