Goldberg Variations with Thomas Gould - Britten Sinfonia

Goldberg Variations with Thomas Gould

London Norwich Saffron Walden
20 – 22 Mar 2015

Locatelli

Concerto Grosso Op.1 No.11 in C minor

Tom Coult

My Curves Are Not Mad (world premiere tour)*

Hans Abrahamsen

Double Concerto for violin, piano and strings (London premiere)*

Bach arr. Sitkovetsky

Goldberg Variations

Summary

Britten Sinfonia’s Associate Leader, Thomas Gould directs this programme centred on Dmitry Sitkovesky’s beautifully realised and heartfelt arrangement for strings of Bach’s great keyboard work, The Goldberg Variations. Pianist Alasdair Beatson joins Gould for this London premiere of Hans Abrahamsen’s Double Concerto alongside the London premiere of a new work, My Curves Are Not Mad, by Tom Coult.

In Conversation – 6.30pm – Norwich

Thomas Gould discusses tonight’s programme.