Britten Sinfonia: Refugee: with Allan Clayton at Milton Court Concert Hall, London on Friday 20th September 2019

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Britten Sinfonia: Refugee

with Allan Clayton

Part of the Britten Sinfonia 2019-20 Season

Add to my Calendar 20-09-2019 19:30 20-09-2019 21:30 36 Britten Sinfonia: Refugee The incomparable tenor Allan Clayton joins Britten Sinfonia and guest conductor Andrew Gourlay for the UK premiere of Refugee, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new song cycle. Turnage sets four texts by poets Benjamin Zephaniah, Emily Dickinson, Brian Bilston and W H Auden, exploring what it means to be a refugee now and through the ages. Refugee is performed alongside works by composers that Turnage counts among his major musical influences; including his teacher and mentor, the late Oliver Knussen. The concert opens with Tippett’s five-movement re-imagining of the traditional English tune, ‘Sellinger’s Round’, rich with quotations from music by Gibbons, Purcell, Arne, Field and Sullivan; and Allan Clayton returns for Britten’s final song cycle, the evocative Nocturne for tenor, seven solo instruments and strings. Milton Court Concert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England

Friday 20th September 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Michael Tippett – Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Refugee
Oliver Knussen – Songs Without Voices (1992)
Benjamin Britten – Nocturne

Performers

Allan Clayton – Tenor
Andrew Gourlay – Conductor

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Programme Note

The incomparable tenor Allan Clayton joins Britten Sinfonia and guest conductor Andrew Gourlay for the UK premiere of Refugee, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new song cycle. Turnage sets four texts by poets Benjamin Zephaniah, Emily Dickinson, Brian Bilston and W H Auden, exploring what it means to be a refugee now and through the ages.

Refugee is performed alongside works by composers that Turnage counts among his major musical influences; including his teacher and mentor, the late Oliver Knussen. The concert opens with Tippett’s five-movement re-imagining of the traditional English tune, ‘Sellinger’s Round’, rich with quotations from music by Gibbons, Purcell, Arne, Field and Sullivan; and Allan Clayton returns for Britten’s final song cycle, the evocative Nocturne for tenor, seven solo instruments and strings.

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