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The concert is streaming online from Thursday 15 October – Saturday 14 November.
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OVERVIEW
The third concert in our re:connect series explores the themes of isolation and friendship. The concert opens with an Elegy for solo viola written by a sixteen-year-old Benjamin Britten. Two works by Huw Watkins – “How” – written during lockdown as part of new music project ‘Eight Songs From Isolation’ conceived and conducted by tonight’s conductor, Oliver Zeffman is performed by tenor Toby Spence – is followed by his settings of three Welsh folk songs for string orchestra, written to celebrate the 60th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales. Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings, a song-cycle written for horn player Dennis Brain and first performed by Brain and Britten’s partner, the tenor Peter Pears, is followed by Visions Fugitives by Prokofiev in an arrangement for string orchestra by Barshai. This cycle of miniatures – originally written for solo piano – were written for friends of the composer.
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PROGRAMME
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- Britten Elegy for Viola Solo
- Huw Watkins “How” (from Eight Songs From Isolation)
- Huw Watkins Three Welsh Songs
- Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings, Op.31
- Prokofiev (arr. Barshai) Visions Fugitives, Op.22
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Toby Spence, tenor
Oliver Zeffman, conductor
MUSICIANS
Violin I
Tomo Keller
Katie Stillman
Helena Smart
Rebecca Scott
Catherine Morgan
Violin II
Martin Burgess
Jennifer Godson
Jeremy Morris
Helen Paterson
Viola
Robert Smissen
Ian Rathbone
Nicholas Barr
Cello
Stephen Orton
Will Schofield
Juliet Welchman
Bass
Lynda Houghton
Ben Russell
Flute
Sarah Newbold
Clarinet
Thomas Lessels
Horn
Stephen Stirling
Piano
Huw Watkins
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
The concerts will adhere to government guidelines on permitted audience numbers and social distancing.
For the safety of all involved, concert attendees will be required to wear a mask on arrival and throughout the performance.
More information is available on the St. Martin-in-the-Fields website
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