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Tom Service introduces a performance of Tom Coult's new opera 'Violet' which opened this year's Aldeburgh Festival to great acclaim. Described in one review as "the best new British opera we've seen for some time".

The libretto is by playwright Alice Birch ('Anatomy of a Suicide'; 'Normal People ', 'Lady Macbeth’) and the cast includes Anna Dennis in the title role, in a work that explores ideas about routine, uncertainty and the collapsing of time.

Also in tonight's programme, further recordings marking the tenth anniversary of the South Bank Centre's 'New Music Biennial'.

Anna Meredith: HandsFree
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Tom Coult: Violet (premiere production)

Violet - Anna Dennis (soprano)
Felix - Richard Burkhard (baritone)
Laura - Frances Gregory (mezzo)
Clockkeeper - Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (tenor)

London Sinfonietta conducted by Andrew Gourley

Sound design - Ian Dearden
Bell sound design - Jasmin Kent Rodgman
Director - Jude Christian

Daniel Elms: Bethia
(rec Hull Minster 2017)
Paul Bentley-Angell (tenor)
Ashley Turnell (tenor)
Simon Gallear (baritone)
Thomas Flint 9bass)
Christian Barraclough (trumpet)
Mark Keith (carillon)
Craig White (piano)
Emily Blackledge (synthesizer)