BBC Radio 3 CD Review
Conductor Stephen Layton was the guest of Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s CD Review show on Saturday 5 December. They were discussing Britten Sinfonia and Polyphony’s recent collaborative recording of Messiah that has been released on the Hyperion label. It was an insightful discussion and included why Stephen chose to make the recording now after his strong history of performing Messiah, the differences between performing on modern and period instruments and of course was all interspersed by excerpts from the recording itself.
You can listen again to the programme until Saturday 12 December 2009 12.17pm. The discussion between Stephen and Andrew about Messiah starts 1hr 20mins into the show.
To learn more about the recording or to purchase a copy, please click here.
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Next Production
BBC Proms Saturday Matinee 3: I Fagiolini & Britten Sinfonia
London
21 August 2010
Britten Sinfonia returns to the BBC Proms in a programme including contemporary works based on the madrigals of Monteverdi and Gesualdo juxtaposed with the original music.
City of London Festival 2010
Mansion House, London
05 July 2010 7:30pm
Bach meets Brazil in this concert given by the outstanding pianist, Joanna MacGregor, and one of the UK’s most dynamic and musically inquisitive chamber orchestras, the Britten Sinfonia. This programme crosses the invisible divide between the classical and popular Brazilian music, and the concert is sure to sell out fast.
