Lunchtime concert on BBC Radio 3 this week
Britten Sinfonia’s Award winning At Lunch series have been very popular once again through out the 2010-11 season. You now have the chance to hear them all again by listening to BBC Radio 3 this week.
The four At Lunch concerts are broadcast at 1pm Tue 31 May, Wed 1 Jun, Thu 2 Jun and Fri 3 Jun. With new works by Peter Maxwell Davies, Julian Phillips, Simon Holt and Enrico Chapela. The concerts were all recorded in Cambridge’s West Road Concert Hall.
The first broadcast today is from a concert performed in October 2010 of a series of works by James MacMillan dedicated to two important people in his life including compoers Peter Maxwell Davies, who presents his reciprical offering in Nocturne No. 1. The programme is completed by Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor.
Julian Philips’ new work Ricochets between features in the second concert, recorded in December 2010 and broadcast on Wednesday 1 June. Brahms Clarinet Trio and Janácek’s Concertino make up the hour long programme created by Julian Philips.
Schubert’s Trout Quintet is the centre piece of the third lunch concert (recorded in March) and is to be broadcast Thursday 2 June. It is a five-movement piece for piano quintet, with the unusual instrumentation for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass (with the omission of a second violin and the addition of a double bass breaking the traditional piano quintet mould). This is complimented by Simon Holt’s new work everything turns away.
The final concert of the series takes its inspiration from South America. Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires is at the heart of this concert with works by Marcelo Nisinman,Tarantino and Enrico Chapela forming a complimentary programme around. The concert was recorded in April 2011 and will be broadcast on Friday 3 June.
We hope you can enjoy hearing these concerts again or for the first time this week.
Calendar
Next Production
Padmore sings Mahler
Bradford on Avon, Cambridge and London
12 - 17 May 2012
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
01 May 2012 1:00pm
Renowned tenor, Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia for the final concert in the 2011-12 At Lunch series. At the centre of this programme is a work by British composer, Jonathan Dove, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with support from the Tenner for a Tenor campaign.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4
Wigmore Hall, London
02 May 2012 1:00pm
Renowned tenor, Mark Padmore joins Britten Sinfonia for the final concert in the 2011-12 At Lunch series. At the centre of this programme is a work by British composer, Jonathan Dove, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with support from the Tenner for a Tenor campaign.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival - Padmore Sings Mahler
St Andrew's Hall, Norwich
11 May 2012 7:30pm
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Padmore sings Mahler
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
12 May 2012 7:30pm
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Padmore sings Mahler
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
16 May 2012 7:30pm
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Padmore sings Mahler
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
17 May 2012 7:30pm
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Brighton Festival - Mahler & Schubert
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
19 May 2012 7:30pm
Due to family illness, Mark Padmore has had to withdraw from this performance. He will be replaced by baritone Roderick Williams.
Bury St Edmunds Festival
The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds
20 May 2012 7:30pm
Britten Sinfonia returns to the festival for in 2012.
Brighton Festival - King Priam
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
27 May 2012 7:00pm
‘I have to sing songs for those who can’t sing for themselves. Those songs come from the torments and horrors that have happened. I can’t lose faith in humanity.’ Sir Michael Tippett
Britten Sinfonia at Museo Reina Sofia
Museo Reina Sofia , Madrid
28 May 2012 7:30pm
Fabián Panisello conducts his song cycle Libro del Frio with soprano Allison Bell and Britten Sinfonia
