Britten Sinfonia At Lunch October
Martin Outram viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Huw Watkins piano
James MacMillan For Max
James MacMillan
James MacMillan For Sally
Peter Maxwell Davies Nocturne (World première tour)
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet is an acknowledged masterpiece and at the heart of this opening concert in Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning lunchtime series. Arguably his best known chamber work, it’s a piece hugely admired by two composers also featured in this concert. The celebrated composer James MacMillan is represented by four miniatures each dedicated to important figures in his life, including Brother Walfrid, founder of Celtic football club, and fellow Scottish composers Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sally Beamish. Maxwell Davies turns the tables with a brand new work in tribute to James MacMillan, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall.
“A spell of music is the most transporting thing you can treat yourself to in the middle of the working day …hearing Britten Sinfonia’s programme made me sad it can’t happen every day.” Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian
In Conversation – Peter Maxwell Davies introduces his new work.
Dates
London
Wednesday 06 October
1.00pm
Box Office: 020 7935 2141
Norwich
Friday 08 October
1.00pm
Box Office: 01603 630000
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Cambridge
Tuesday 12 October
1.00pm
Box Office: 01223 357851
Birmingham
Friday 15 October
1.00pm
Box Office: 0121 780 3333
