Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Norwich
Cambridge
London
17 – 24 Nov 2013
Nico Muhly
Three Songs for Tenor & violin (and drone from orchestra)
Bartók
Fourth movement from Quartet no. 4
Britten
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Tuur
Lighthouse
Judith Weir
I give you the end of a golden string (world premiere tour)
Arne Nordheim
Individualisierte Höhenmessung der lagen (from Partita fur Paul)
Nico Muhly
Material in E flat for violin & drone from orchestra
Bartók
Third movement from Quartet no. 4
Berg arr. Schnittke
Kanon
Arvo Pärt
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
George Crumb
God Music from Black Angels
Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Artists
Summary
Britten Sinfonia’s recent recording of Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Mark Padmore has been acclaimed worldwide and these artists will perform the work in this fascinating concert. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs the orchestra in an illuminating programme of works which also includes a new work by Judith Weir, commissioned by the Britten Pears Foundation and Royal Philharmonic Society, to celebrate Britten’s centenary and the Bicentenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
This programme was jointly devised by Pekka Kuusisto and Britten Sinfonia.
