Event listing: Britten 100: II | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Sat 27 Apr 2013 at 19:30

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Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9JG, United Kingdom

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Programme

Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022)	Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum
Suckling, Martin (b. 1981)	storm, rose, tiger
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, song cycle, Op.31
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

Performers

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir George Benjamin	Conductor
John Mark Ainsley	Tenor
Alec Frank-Gemmill	French horn

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See Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, song cycle, Op.31 in

London, United Kingdom

Scottish Chamber Orchestra and George Benjamin celebrate Britten

Alan Coady, 27th April

This second of two SCO Britten centenary concerts saw its subject juxtaposed with two living British composers and Mozart. Cynics might consider the closing Symphony no. 40 in G minor (1788) a reward for surviving the rest of the programme’s modernity.

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