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PSM 02: Britten, Tippett, Holst and L Berkeley

Louise Fryer presents a Prom in which Sarah Connolly, the Britten Sinfonia and Sian Edwards perform music by Britten, Holst, Lennox Berkeley and Tippett at Cadogan Hall in London.

Britten 100

with Louise Fryer - a second chance to hear Sarah Connolly, the Britten Sinfonia and Sian Edwards at Cadogan Hall, London in music by Britten and his peers, Holst, Lennox Berkeley and Tippett.

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill at Cadogan Hall

Britten: Prelude and Fugue
Holst: St Paul's Suite
at c. 2.25pm
Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St.Teresa of Avila
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
at c. 3.00pm
Britten: Phaedra
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Britten Sinfonia
Sian Edwards (conductor)

Last Saturday's Proms Saturday Matinee featured mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly in two great British works for voice and string orchestra - Britten's final vocal work Phaedra, and a rare chance to hear Lennox Berkeley's Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila. Plus the Britten Sinfonia perform some staples of the string repertoire - Holst's St Paul's Suite and Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Prelude & Fugue

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite

  • Lennox Berkeley

    4 Poems of St Teresa of Avila

  • Michael Tippett

    Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli

  • Benjamin Britten

    Phaedra

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Aug 2013 14:00