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City of London Sinfonia - Britten, Copland, Shostakovich

City of London Sinfonia under Michael Collins. Britten: Serenade. Britten: Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (2nd mvt). Copland: Clarinet Concerto. Shostakovich: Symphony No 14.

The City of London Sinfonia, directed by Michael Collins, play Britten's Serenade and Shostakovich's 14th Symphony.

Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Britten (arr.Colin Matthews): Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (second movement)
Copland: Clarinet Concerto

8.15: Interval

8.35
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14

Evelina Dobracheva, soprano
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Ronan Busfield, tenor
Stephen Stirling, horn
Michael Collins, conductor, clarinet

Britten and Copland wrote their clarinet concertos for the American 'King of Swing' Benny Goodman. Britten's original score was impounded by US Immigration, as he was being watched by the FBI, but it was eventually finished by Colin Matthews.
The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, composed in 1947, was one of the first pieces Britten wrote on his return from wartime America. Setting English poems on the ideas of night, sleep and the 'cloak of evil', it shares similar themes with Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony, a work filled with imagery of death and destruction.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 27 Sep 2013 19:30
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Music Played

  • City of London Sinfonia

    • Benjamin Britten

      Serenade Op.31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Collins. Performer: Ronan Busfield. Performer: Stephen Stirling. Performer: City of London Sinfonia.

    • Benjamin Britten

      Concerto movement for clarinet and orchestra, compl. Colin Matthews

      Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: City of London Sinfonia.

    • Aaron Copland

      Concerto for clarinet, strings, harp and piano

      Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: City of London Sinfonia.

    • Music Interval

    • Benjamin Britten

      Canadian carnival [Kermesse canadienne] Op.19

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
      • Naxos.
      • 8-557198.

    • Robert Schumann

      5 Stucke im Volkston Op.102 for cello (or violin) and piano

      Performer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich.
      • Decca.
      • 4178332.

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Symphony no. 14 Op.135 for soprano, bass, string orchestra and percussion

      Conductor: Michael Collins. Performer: Evelina Dobraceva. Performer: Graeme Broadbent. Performer: City of London Sinfonia.

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  • Fri 27 Sep 2013 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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