LIVE: Brabbins Conducts Britten
19:30 Thu 12 Nov 2020 Glasgow City Halls
Martyn Brabbins conducts an all-Britten programme.
Martyn Brabbins conducts an all-Britten programme.
This concert is online/on-air only
Tickets are not available for this concert. You can listen LIVE via BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 3.
Programme
- Russian Funeral
- Nocturne
- Lachrymae for viola and string orchestra
- Death in Venice, Op 88a (suite arr. Bedford)
Performers
- Scott Dickinsonviola
- Mark Padmoretenor
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Composers
Concert Information
'Death in Venice' was Britten’s final opera and its music shimmers and glitters like water; but it’s also mysterious, and sometimes sinister, just like the city itself. Martyn Brabbins is a champion of British (and Britten-ish) music and his selection highlights the composer’s darker side. The 'Russian Funeral' for brass and the beautiful 'Lachrymae' - written for Scottish violist William Primose - are mournful works, while his song-cycle, 'Nocturne', haunts the worlds of night and sleep. Mark Padmore is our soloist.
Presented by Kate Molleson.
