Tour to South America - May 2007
South America Tour
Supported by Cambridge University Press
Britten Sinfonia's first inter-continental tour takes us to three Latin American countries:
Brazil (read these pages in Portuguese)
Argentina (read these pages in Spanish)
Uruguay (read these pages in Spanish)
Teaming music by South American and British composers with Bach and Stravinsky, the two touring programmes are a typical Britten Sinfonia mix of the old and new.
Joanna MacGregor directs the orchestra from the piano in James MacMillan's whirlwind-like second piano concerto (which we premiered with Joanna in 2004) as well as her own arrangements of Egberto Gismonti pieces and Dowland 's heart-rending lute songs. We also play music by Argentinian-born, Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov.
The tour has been made possible by the kind support of Cambridge University Press. Click here for some recommended reading with some exclusive discounts on CUP-published books.
What's on these pages?
Tour dates
Programmes
Profile of Jacqueline Shave
Profile of Juan Gonzalez
Profile of Joanna MacGregor
Want to know more about the music?
Want to know more about the composers?
Brazil page
Argentina page
Uruguay page
Sounds Like! Game
Cambridge University Press page
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Next Production
Britten Sinfonia At Lunch October
London, Norwich, Cambridge and Birmingham
06 - 15 October 2010
Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet is an acknowledged masterpiece and at the heart of this opening concert in Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning lunchtime series. Arguable 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.
