conducted by NICHOLAS CLEOBURY and MICHAEL TIPPETT NIGEL ROBSON (tenor)
Purcell Music from The i Fairy Queen
Tippett Songs for Ariel; Corelli Fantasia
8.00 Nicholas Cleobury i discusses the formative influence of Sir Michael on his career.
8.10
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Tippett Songs for Dov
(In association with Mobil North Sea Ltd)
9.00pm
New Year, New World America has been 'an emotional home' for Tippett since his first visit there in the 60s.
I New Year, his fifth opera, was premiered at Houston Grand Opera on 27 October. During rehearsals American friends, Sir Peter Hall and members of the cast describe the birth of the production, and Sir
Michael talks about how New Year and other works reflect his
'discovery of the New World' late in life. Producer JANE WALKER