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| Composer | Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934-2022) |
| Period | Modern |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra and George Benjamin celebrate Britten
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.
In Portrait: Sir Harrison Birtwistle with the London Sinfonietta
The work of Sir Harrison Birtwistle isn't necessarily the sunniest music in the world, and coming into the Queen Elizabeth Hall last night for a serious-minded evening of discussion and performances of his intricate, modernist-style music by the London Sinfonietta, I confess to having felt a little reluctant to be leaving behind the sweltering heat of the South Bank.