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Britten Sinfonia
Pekka Kuusisto (violin/director)
Mark Padmore (tenor/director)
Performance dates
Fri 5th February 2010, 8.00pm
Programme details
Purcell - Fantasia VII in C minor
Purcell arr. Muhly - Let the Night Perish (Job’s Curse)
Purcell - Fantasia XIII in F ‘Upon one Note’
Tippett - A Lament, from Divertimento on 'Sellinger’s Round'
Britten - Les Illuminations, Op. 18
Steve Reich - Duet
Nico Muhly - New work (World première tour)
John Adams - Shaker Loops
A programme of music from both sides of the Atlantic that delves into the subtle and rich sonorities of strings and voice. This concert offers a rare opportunity to hear celebrated tenor, Mark Padmore paired with the exuberant and imaginative violinist Pekka Kuusisto in a new work by Nico Muhly. A protégé of Philip Glass, Nico Muhly is gaining a reputation as being one of the most impressive innovators of new music, effortlessly crossing the boundaries between classical and pop.
7pm: In Conversation – free pre-concert talk with Nico Muhly.
Booking information
Box Office: 01223 357851
£29, £24, £15
Concessions: £5 to sit in any price band
Created on:
19th October
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