Britten 100: II

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

London, Vereinigtes Königreich Gateshead, Vereinigtes Königreich

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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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)	Symphonie Nr. 40 in g-Moll, KV550

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir George Benjamin	Musikalische Leitung
John Mark Ainsley	Tenor
Alec Frank-Gemmill	Horn