Alice Coote Sings Phaedra
London
Cambridge
19 – 22 Nov 2012
Purcell
Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite
Purcell arr. Nico Muhly
Let the Night Perish (Job's Curse)
Purcell arr. Stokowski
Dido's Lament
Tippett
A Lament, from Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round'
Handel
Selection of arias from Alcina
Britten
Prelude and Fugue
Purcell ed. Britten
Chacony in G minor
Tippett
Little Music
Britten
Phaedra*
Artists
Summary
Ahead of what would have been Benjamin Britten’s 99th birthday, acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alice Coote debuts with Britten Sinfonia in a celebration of Britten and beautiful English music for voice and strings. Coote also performs a selection of arias from Handel’s mystical baroque opera, Alcina. Providing a dramatic climax to the programme is one of Britten’s last works, his Handelian cantata Phaedra.
In Conversation – 6.30pm
Cambridge University’s John Hopkins and Kate Kennedy discuss Britten and his creative world.
