Britten Sinfonia

English Song - Britten

Jacqueline Shave leader/director
Mark Padmore tenor
Stephen Bell horn

Tippett Little Music
Purcell Overture and Rondeau from Abdelazer 
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
John Woolrich Another Staircase Overture (newly revised)
Purcell ed. Tippett If Music be the Food of Love
Purcell ed. Tippett Music for a While
Purcell ed. Tippett Sweeter than Roses
Walton Sonata for Strings

Celebrated tenor and regular Britten Sinfonia collaborator Mark Padmore performs with the orchestra in a programme of some of the most beautiful English music for strings and voice. Padmore sings Purcell songs as realised by Tippett, whose baroque-inspired Little Music is also featured. Padmore joins horn player Stephen Bell to serenade audiences in Britten’s magical evocation of twilight and nightfall. Walton’s virtuosic and passionate Sonata for Strings provides a thrilling climax to this journey through English music.

Please Note: In Birmingham the concert is concluded with Britten’s dazzling Frank Bridge Variations, a miraculous achievement for the 23 year-old composer, this replaces Walton's Sonata for Strings.

“Britten Sinfonia’s performance of Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations with tenor Mark Padmore was a triumph; completely alive in every bar, the opening chords placed with the precision of a dancer and yet weightily massive. I've rarely heard the intoxicated revelry of Rimbaud's poetry so completely embodied in a performance.” Telegraph
 

In Conversation – free pre-concert talk with Mark Padmore. 
Southampton 7pm
Birmingham 6.15pm

Britten Sinfonia violinist Lizzie Ball interviewed Mark Padmore during a tour with the orchestra in February 2010

 

Interview with Mark Padmore from Britten Sinfonia on Vimeo.

Mark Padmore's blog post on working with Britten Sinfonia

Mark Padmore's website

Stephen Bell's website

 

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