Britten Sinfonia / 20th Birthday Concert

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15
Muhly, Nico (b. 1981)	Looking Forward (World première)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op.18
MacMillan, Sir James (b. 1959)	One (London première)
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Symphony no. 1 in D major "Classical", Op.25
Kuusisto, Pekka (b. 1976)	OMG HBD
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Keyboard Concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV1056
MacGregor, Joanna (b. 1959)	Sidewalk Dances: 12 Moondog Pieces

Performers

Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Kuljit Bhamra	Tabla
Thomas Gould	Violin, Director
Tom Herbert	Bass
Alina Ibragimova	Violin
Pekka Kuusisto	Violin, Director
Joanna MacGregor	Piano, Director
Mark Padmore	Tenor
Seb Rochford	Drums
Jacqueline Shave	Violin, Director
Andy Sheppard	Saxophone
Eamonn Dougan	Choirmaster / chorus director

Tickets £8 - 32.

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Looking Forward with Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican

Paul Kilbey, 27th October

Pleasantly enough, Britten Sinfonia went down a thoroughly unconventional route in celebrating their 20th birthday at the Barbican on Saturday, with a brilliantly varied range of new pieces mixing with chamber orchestra classics.

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