English Song - Finzi
Mark Padmore tenor
Jacqueline Shave leader/director
Tippett Little Music
Purcell Overture and Rondeau from Abdelazer
Finzi Dies natalis
John Woolrich Another Staircase Overture (newly revised)
Purcell ed. Tippett If Music be the Food of Love
Purcell ed. Tippett Music for a While
Purcell ed. Tippett Sweeter than Roses
Walton Sonata for Strings
Celebrated tenor and regular Britten Sinfonia collaborator Mark Padmore performs with the orchestra in a programme of some of the most beautiful English music for strings and voice. The centrepiece of the concert is Gerald Finzi’s Dies natalis. Modelled on Bach’s cantatas it contains a spirit and sweetness that reflects the joy and wonder of a child’s innocent perspective of the world. Padmore also sings Purcell songs as realised by Tippett, whose baroque-inspired Little Music is also featured. Walton’s virtuosic and passionate Sonata for Strings provides a thrilling climax to this journey through English music.
“Britten Sinfonia’s performance of Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations with tenor Mark Padmore was a triumph; completely alive in every bar, the opening chords placed with the precision of a dancer and yet weightily massive. I've rarely heard the intoxicated revelry of Rimbaud's poetry so completely embodied in a performance.” Telegraph
In Conversation – free pre-concert talk with Mark Padmore.
Britten Sinfonia violinist Lizzie Ball interviewed Mark Padmore during a tour with the orchestra in February 2010
Dates
Cambridge
Monday 07 February
8.00pm
Box Office: 01223 357851
London
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Wednesday 09 February
7.30pm
Box Office: 0844 875 0073
Norwich
Sunday 13 February
7.30pm
Box Office: 01603 630000
