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

麻豆官网首页入口 Proms 2020

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

In 2020, 麻豆官网首页入口 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鈥檚 Requiem was left incomplete at the composer鈥檚 early death, its deathly tread and radiant hope adding to its symbolism as Mozart鈥檚 musical epitaph.

Presented by Martin Handley.

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

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

(From 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms 2011, 21 August)

1 hour, 59 minutes

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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 Pokupi膰. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Singer: Henk Neven.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Aug 2020 21:00
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