Prom 50: Britten, Colin Matthews & Mozart

21 Aug 2011, Royal Albert Hall

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Proms 2011 Prom 50: Britten, Colin Matthews & Mozart

19:00 Sun 21 Aug 2011 Royal Albert Hall

Music championed by or written in memory of the late Richard Hickox, a versatile and much-missed musician.

Programme

- - Benjamin Britten
  - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge(25 mins)
- - Colin Matthews
  - No Man鈥檚 Land(25 mins)world premiere
- - interval
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Requiem in D minor (compl. S眉ssmayr)(55 mins)

Performers

Ian Bostridge
tenor
tenor
Roderick Williams
baritone
baritone
Emma Bell
soprano
soprano
James Rutherford
bass
bass
Polyphony
Renata Pokupi膰
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Britten's Variations is one of many British pieces championed by the late Richard Hickox, two of whose distinguished vocal collaborators, Ian Bostridge and Roderick Williams, are featured in Colin Matthews's new work, which Hickox commissioned.

The Requiem was recently voted the Nation's Favourite Mozart by Radio 3 listeners.