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Aldeburgh Festival: Knussen Chamber Orchestra

From the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings, the Knussen Chamber Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth perform music by Mozart and Elliott Carter at this year's Aldeburgh Festival.

From the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings, the Knussen Chamber Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth juxtapose music by Mozart and Elliott Carter as part of this year's Aldeburgh Festival. The Knussen Chamber Orchestra was founded in memory of the composer and for many years a guiding light of the Aldeburgh Festival, Oliver Knussen. It consists of recent graduates of the Royal Academy of Music sitting alongside eminent professional colleagues. It was founded by this evening's conductor/pianist Ryan Wigglesworth. The concert is introduced by Martin Handley.

Part One
Elliott Carter: The American Sublime
Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K.452

Interval
Settings of early poems by TS Eliot -
Thomas Ades - Five Eliot Landscapes Op1
Valdine Anderson (soprano)
Thomas Ades (piano)
(From CD)

Part Two
Elliott Carter: Three Explorations (European premiere)
Mozart: Serenade No.12 in C minor, K388/384a

Knussen Chamber Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, director & piano
Evan Hughes, baritone

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Elliott Carter

    The American sublime

    Singer: Evan Hughes. Orchestra: Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major for piano and wind, K.452

    Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth. Ensemble: Knussen Chamber Orchestra.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Five Eliot Landscapes, Op 1

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Singer: Valdine Anderson.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Elliott Carter

    Three Explorations

    Singer: Evan Hughes. Orchestra: Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor for wind octet, K.388

    Orchestra: Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: I. Come Away, Come Away Death

    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: II. Who is Silvia?

    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: III. Fear No more the Heat o' the Sun

    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: IV.O Mistress Mine

    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Gerald Finzi

    It Was a Lover and His Lass (Let Us Garlands Bring)

    Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 1, S矛 come nella penna e nell'inchiostro

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 2, A che pi霉 debb'io mai l'intensa voglia

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 3, Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 4, Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 5, Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 6, S'un casto amor, s'una piet脿 superna

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Benjamin Britten

    7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 7, Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e

    • Britten: Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    4 Scottish Songs, P. 143 - I - When the Kye Come Hame

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    4 Scottish Songs, P. 143 - II - Within a Mile of Edinburgh

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    4 Scottish Songs, P. 143 - III - My Heart's in the Highlands

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    4 Scottish Songs, P. 143 - IV - The Piper of Dundee

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Pentatone.

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Jun 2023 19:30