COMMISSION: Judith Weir
Sat 08 Jun 2013 20.00
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
Event Price: £14 - £32 (under 27s half price)
Join us at Aldeburgh Festival for the world premiere of Judith Weir's new work, 'I give you the end of a golden string' performed by soprano Sandrine Piau and Britten Sinfonia, one of the specially commissioned works celebrating the RPS Bicentenary. You can read more about our Bicentenary Commissions here.
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Judith Weir: I give you the end of a golden string - world premiere* Britten: Les Illuminations Britten, orch. Colin Matthews: Three Songs for Les Illuminations Bartok: Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste Sandrine Piau - soprano Ryan Wigglesworth - conductor Britten Sinfonia * 2013 Royal Philharmonic Society / Britten-Pears Foundation commission to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten and the bicentenary of the foundation of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Judith Weir: I give you the end of a golden string - world premiere* Britten: Les Illuminations Britten, orch. Colin Matthews: Three Songs for Les Illuminations Bartok: Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste Sandrine Piau - soprano Ryan Wigglesworth - conductor Britten Sinfonia * 2013 Royal Philharmonic Society / Britten-Pears Foundation commission to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten and the bicentenary of the foundation of the Royal Philharmonic Society.