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Music championed by, or written in memory of, Richard Hickox

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2020

Britten’s tribute to his teacher Frank Bridge, a new work by Colin Matthews (who worked as Britten’s assistant) and Mozart’s Requiem.

In 2020, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

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.

Mozart’s Requiem was left incomplete at the composer’s early death, its deathly tread and radiant hope adding to its symbolism as Mozart’s musical epitaph.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Colin Matthews: No Man’s Land (world premiere)
Mozart (compl. Sussmayr): Requiem in D minor

Emma Bell (soprano)
Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Henk Neven (bass)
Polyphony
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton (conductor)

(From Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2011, 21 August)

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Sun 9 Aug 2020 21:00
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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op.10

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Colin Matthews

    No man's land

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626

    Singer: Emma Bell. Singer: Renata Pokupić. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Singer: Henk Neven.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Aug 2020 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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