A Celebration of Britain at Trinity Church Centre, London on Saturday 20th May 2023

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A Celebration of Britain

Add to my Calendar 20-05-2023 19:30 20-05-2023 21:30 36 A Celebration of Britain Our concert includes three popular pieces by British composers each with a strongly British, but very different, flavour.  Much the best known work by Hamish MacCunn, The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (written when he was still a teenager) paints a lyrical picture of the wild Scottish landscape. Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a unique piece, showing extraordinary creativity in settings of six poems by English poets and calling for great virtuosity from both the singer and the horn soloist.   Our soloists are Ruairi Bowen (tenor) and Mark Bennett (horn). Vaughan Williams’ fifth symphony although, like the Britten, dating from the second world war, could hardly be more serene and unwarlike.  It rapidly became a favourite and was highly praised by its dedicatee, Sibelius. Trinity Church Centre, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Trinity Church Centre
15 Nether Street
North Finchley
London
N12 7NN
England

Saturday 20th May 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Hamish MacCunn – The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op.3
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony no.5 in D major
Benjamin Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op.31

Performers

Christopher Stark – Conductor
Ruairi Bowen – tenor
Mark Bennett – French horn

Finchley Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

Our concert includes three popular pieces by British composers each with a strongly British, but very different, flavour. Much the best known work by Hamish MacCunn, The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (written when he was still a teenager) paints a lyrical picture of the wild Scottish landscape.

Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a unique piece, showing extraordinary creativity in settings of six poems by English poets and calling for great virtuosity from both the singer and the horn soloist. Our soloists are Ruairi Bowen (tenor) and Mark Bennett (horn).

Vaughan Williams’ fifth symphony although, like the Britten, dating from the second world war, could hardly be more serene and unwarlike. It rapidly became a favourite and was highly praised by its dedicatee, Sibelius.

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