Music more than words: Britten and Tippett at Snape

Por Charlotte Valori, 20 junio 2016

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“larger notes fell like huge raindrops scattering onto a wind-harried sedge”

Crítica hecha desde Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape el 16 junio 2016

Tippett, The Heart's Assurance

Britten, 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61

Britten, String Quartet no. 1, Op.25

Tippett, Piano Sonata no. 2

Britten, Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.52

Ian Bostridge, Tenor

Julius Drake, Piano

Steven Osborne, Piano

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Music more than words: Britten and Tippett at the Aldeburgh Festival