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BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Proms Saturday Matinees

BBC Proms: 2013: Proms Saturday Matinees: Part 2: PSM 02: Britten, Tippett, Holst and L Berkeley

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PSM 02: Britten, Tippett, Holst and L Berkeley

Part 2 Part 2: PSM 02: Britten, Tippett, Holst and L Berkeley

2013

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The Britten Sinfonia and Sarah Connolly in Britten, Holst, Lennox Berkeley and Tippett.

Sarah Connolly and the Britten Sinfonia under Sian Edwards perform at Cadogan Hall in London. With music by Britten and his peers, Holst, Lennox Berkeley and Tippett.

Britten 100

Live from Cadogan Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Sarah Connolly, Britten Sinfonia and Sian Edwards live from Cadogan Hall, London. Featuring music by Britten and his peers, Holst, Lennox Berkeley and Tippett.

Britten: Prelude and Fugue
Holst: St Paul's Suite
Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St.Teresa of Avila
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Britten: Phaedra

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Britten Sinfonia
Sian Edwards (conductor)

Today's Proms Saturday Matinee features mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly in two great British works for voice and string orchestra - Britten's final vocal work Phaedra, and a rare chance to hear Lennox Berkeley's Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila. Plus the Britten Sinfonia perform some staples of the string repertoire - Holst's St Paul's Suite and Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli.


An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Wednesday 7th August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Proms Saturday Matinees

Proms Saturday Matinees

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All broadcasts from the 119th season of the BBC Proms.

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