Event listing: Britten Birthday Centenary | Wigmore Hall | Thu 22 Nov 2012 at 19:30

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Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Abdelazer, Z 570: suite (Rondeau)
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Let the Night Perish "Job's Curse", Z 191 (arr. Muhly)
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth" (arr. Stokowski)
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998)	Variations on an Elizabethan Theme "Sellinger's Round": Variation 2 "Lament" (A lament)
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, Op.29
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Chacony in G minor, Z807 (arr. Britten)
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998)	Little Music
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Alcina, HWV 34: excerpts
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Phaedra, Op.93

Performers

Britten Sinfonia
Jacqueline Shave	Violin, Director
Alice Coote	Mezzo-soprano
Richard Hetherington	Conductor

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Britten Sinfonia and Alice Coote celebrate Britten's birthday in style at Wigmore Hall

Evan Dickerson, 22nd November

22 November 2012 would have been Benjamin Britten’s 99th birthday. Wigmore Hall marked the occasion with the first concert in a series of nine events in November and December. However, rather than focusing exclusively on Britten’s music, it built towards the climax that saw Britten’s angst-ridden late masterpiece Phaedra searingly performed.

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