Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Birmingham International Concert Season 2010/11
Town Hall
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Two of Britten’s most popular works alongside music by his hero, Henry Purcell, and the latter’s other great admirer, Sir Michael Tippett. Tenor Mark Padmore and horn player Stephen Bell will serenade audiences in Britten’s magical evocation of twilight and nightfall, before Britten Sinfonia close the concert with Britten’s dazzling Frank Bridge Variations, a miraculous achievement for the 23 year-old composer.
6.15pm Pre-concert conversation with Mark Padmore and Lyndon Jenkins.
Read the latest blog – Question and Answer session with director, Jaqueline Shave
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Britten Sinfonia
Jacqueline Shave director
Mark Padmore tenor
Stephen Bell horn
Purcell Overture and Rondeau from Abdelazar 5’
Tippett Little Music for strings 10’
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings 24’
John Woolrich Another Staircase Overture (newly revised) 9’
Purcell (arr. Woolrich) Three Songs:
Music for a While
If Music be the Food of Love
Sweeter than Roses 10’
Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge 25’
£5, £7.50, £15, £22.50, £30
Discounts also available for 60 plus, students and under 25s online, by phone or in person. Discounts available for children, wheelchair users, disabled patrons and their companions and concert package bookers in person or by phone.
Discounts available for groups of 11+ by calling 0800 358 7070.
Choir Benches not available.
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Town Hall
- Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Part of Birmingham International Concert Season 2010/11
See the world’s greatest artists perform on the UK’s finest stages Among the stellar line-up of concerts this season are Cecilia Bartoli, Mitsuko Uchida, Andreas Scholl, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Piotr Anderszewski, the Dresden Staatskapelle with Christoph Eschenbach, Il Giardino...
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