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Hear and Now - Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

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City Halls: Concert HallCandleriggs, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1NQ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022)The Last Supper (Semi-staged performance)
Performers
Martyn BrabbinsConductor
Victoria NewlynDirector
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John DaszakTenor
William TowersCountertenor
Andrew WattsCountertenor
Jeffrey Lloyd-RobertsTenor
Thomas WalkerTenor
Alan OkeTenor
Marcus FarnsworthBaritone
Benedict NelsonBaritone
Matthew BrookBass-baritone
BBC Singers
Sound IntermediaElectronics
Philip SheffieldTenorSimon
Susan BickleyMezzo-sopranoGhost
Daniel NormanTenorJudas
Roderick WilliamsBaritoneJesus

Ghost, a representative of humanity, invites Christ and his disciples to join us in our own age for a ritual of reflection. The disciples rediscover their memories of events, joyful and bitter, and wonder whether Christ himself will appear among them… From this starting point Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s opera from 2000 (with a libretto by Robin Blaser) looks back over two millennia of Christianity. For this rare concert-staging of a work hailed as “magnificent and enthralling” (The Observer), the BBC SSO has assembled an outstanding cast including Roderick Williams as Jesus, with Martyn Brabbins conducting the orchestra and singers in some of Birtwistle’s most lyrical and gripping music.

The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Tickets available from 21 November 2016.

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