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Two great British works for voice and string orchestra appear in the second Proms Saturday Matinee, which focuses on Britten and his peers. Sarah Connolly joins conductor Sian Edwards and the Britten Sinfonia in Britten鈥檚 searing final vocal work, Phaedra, and a rare performance of Lennox Berkeley鈥檚 intensely felt Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, premiered by Kathleen Ferrier in 1948.

In addition to featuring classics of the string orchestra repertoire in Holst鈥檚 St Paul鈥檚 Suite and Tippett鈥檚 Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli, the programme includes Britten鈥檚 inventive Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra.

There will be no interval

Watch and listen to more music by Britten at the Proms.