Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2 2008-09
Nicholas Daniel
Nicholas Daniel oboe/cor anglais
Janne Thomsen flute
Joy Farrall clarinet
Stephen Bell horn
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Miranda Dale violin
Martin Outram viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Huw Watkins piano
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Ryan Wigglesworth New Work (world première tour)
Oliver Knussen Songs without Voices
Johann Strauss arr. Schoenberg Emperor Waltz
The second concert in our Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series focuses on Oliver Knussen, featuring his poignant and touching Songs without Voices, composed in memory of the composer Andrzej Panufnik, while the new work is by Ryan Wigglesworth who has been greatly influenced by Knussen, having benefited from his tutelage early in his career. Wigglesworth’s 2004 début at Wigmore Hall received great critical acclaim and his works are now played in concert halls around the country. The programme ends with Schoenberg’s witty and riotous arrangement of Strauss’ Emperor Waltz.
‘To me, real music is real music when you’re not sitting around thinking it’s music – it actually takes you over.’ Oliver Knussen
Programme Notes (available from 11 January 2009 until 30 January 2009)
Dates
Krakow
Sunday 18 January
12.00pm
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Cambridge
Tuesday 20 January
1.00pm
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London
Wednesday 21 January
1.00pm
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Birmingham
Thursday 22 January
1.00pm
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Norwich
Friday 23 January
1.00pm
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