Details
St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England
Programme
Benjamin Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op.31
Arthur Oldham – Remember O thou man
Arthur Oldham – Laudes Creaturarum
Arthur Oldham – Sacerdos et Pontifex
Benjamin Britten – Te Deum in C
Performers
Nick Pritchard – Tenor
Annemarie Federle – French horn
Michael Waldron – Conductor
London Choral Sinfonia
Programme Note
Our next concert profiles one of the most fascinating teacher/pupil relationships in recent British musical history. Arthur Oldham became Britten’s only private pupil at Aldeburgh between 1945 and 1951. Despite the successes he enjoyed in the following years and a number of high-profile commissions, Oldham’s own output as a composer is now largely forgotten.Britten had recently completed his Serenade for Tenor Horn & Strings when Oldham arrived at Aldeburgh, and it was shortly after he left 6 years later that Oldham penned his large-scale Laudes Creaturarum. These two substantial pieces will be performed alongside a selection of shorter works by both composers as we explore their creative output and links.
