BBC SINGERS conducted by SIMON JOLY ALMEIDA FESTIVAL PLAYERS conducted by Oliver KNUSSEN SARAH LEONARD (soprano)
Bach, arr Birtwistle Durch Adams Fall
Oliver Knussen Frammenti da Chiara
Bach, arr Birtwistle Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten
Gerd Kiihr Walt Whitman for President
(first UK performance)
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Lament for a hanging man
10.0* Interval Reading
10.5* David Lang By Fire (first UK performance)
Bach, arr Birtwistle Christus , der uns selig macht
Richard Felciano The Angels of Turtle Island
(first UK performance)
Bach, arr Birtwistle Jesu , meine Zuversicht
Andrew Vores Five Ambo Ghost Songs (first performance)
10.35* Interval Reading
10.40* Bach, arr Birtwistle Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
Hans Werner Henze Orpheus behind the wire
(Given on 23 June at the Union Chapel, Islington, London)