Mon 30 Aug 2021

• 13:00

  French Fancies

  Cadogan Hall

  A triple bill of 20th-century oboe sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux and Poulenc forms the heart of this Anglo-French programme.

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  A triple bill of 20th-century oboe sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux and Poulenc forms the heart of this Anglo-French programme.

  Programme

  • • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166(11 mins)
    • • Ruth Gipps
      • Sea-Shore Suite, Op. 3b(6 mins)
    • • Henri Dutilleux
      • Oboe Sonata(10 mins)
    • • Francis Poulenc
      • Oboe Sonata(11 mins)

  Performers

  • Olivier Stankiewicz

    oboe
    oboe
  • Huw Watkins

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns
  • Ruth Gipps
  • Henri Dutilleux
  • Francis Poulenc

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• 18:00

  French Fancies

  Cadogan Hall

  A triple bill of 20th-century oboe sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux and Poulenc forms the heart of this Anglo-French programme.

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  A triple bill of 20th-century oboe sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux and Poulenc forms the heart of this Anglo-French programme.

  Programme

  • • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166(11 mins)
    • • Ruth Gipps
      • Sea-Shore Suite, Op. 3b(6 mins)
    • • Henri Dutilleux
      • Oboe Sonata(10 mins)
    • • Francis Poulenc
      • Oboe Sonata(11 mins)

  Performers

  • Olivier Stankiewicz

    oboe
    oboe
  • Huw Watkins

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns
  • Ruth Gipps
  • Henri Dutilleux
  • Francis Poulenc

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• 19:30

  Sir George Benjamin Conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

  Royal Albert Hall

  Sir George Benjamin conducts Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto, an operatic ‘pot-pourri’ by Oliver Knussen and the world premiere of his own Concerto for Orchestra.

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  Sir George Benjamin conducts Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto, an operatic ‘pot-pourri’ by Oliver Knussen and the world premiere of his own Concerto for Orchestra.

  Programme

  • • • Oliver Knussen
      • The Way to Castle Yonder(8 mins)
    • • Henry Purcell
      • Three Consorts (1680)(11 mins)transcr. Benjamin; world premiere
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Piano Concerto in G major(23 mins)
    • • Sir George Benjamin
      • Concerto for Orchestra(18 mins)BBC co-commission with Mahler Chamber Orchestra: world premiere

  Performers

  • Pierre‐Laurent Aimard

    piano
    piano
  • Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Sir George Benjamin

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Oliver Knussen
  • Henry Purcell
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Sir George Benjamin

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