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Britten Sinfonia - Rossini, Mozart, Ligeti, Weber

Petroc Trelawny presents the Britten Sinfonia performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Rossini: Overture (The Silken Ladder). Mozart: Vado, ma dove? O dei. Plus Ligeti and Weber.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Britten Sinfonia returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London for a work known as a tour de force for soprano and orchestra - Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre. The Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan has received much acclaim for performances of his music, as well as in the opera house. She has sung this work across the world, and in this concert performs it alongside Ligeti's energy-fuelled Concert Rom芒nesc. Two spirited Rossini overtures, some of Mozart's most popular songs and Weber's virtuosic Concertino for Horn make up the rest of this captivating programme.

Rossini: Overture to The Silken Ladder*
Mozart: Vado, ma dove? O dei, K583
Mozart: Un moto di gioia K579
Mozart: Misera, dove son - Ah, non son io che parlo, K369
Ligeti: Concert Rom芒nesc*
Rossini: Overture to Il Signor Bruschino*
Mozart: Five Contradanses, K609
Weber: Concertino for Horn and Orchestra*
Ligeti, arr. Howarth: Mysteries of the Macabre

Barbara Hannigan soprano/director
Richard Watkins horn
Britten Sinfonia
Jacqueline Shave leader/director
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor*

Followed by our continuing series of 100 years of German Song from the Wigmore Hall. Tonight mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau perform songs written in the 1830s by Felix Mendelssohn and Paul Lachner.

2 hours, 15 minutes

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Dec 2010 19:00