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Aldeburgh Festival - Britten's Phaedra

Live from the Aldeburgh Festival, the Britten Sinfonia is joined by mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston for Britten’s dramatic cantata Phaedra, plus music by Stravinsky and Woolrich.

In the second of its live concerts from this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, the Britten Sinfonia presents a programme inspired by the classics. Youthful Britten is marked by a radiant piece for piano and orchestra inspired by the image of Apollo and the same source provides the inspiration for one of Stravinsky’s most imaginative and finally honed ballet scores, Apollon musagète - Apollo, leader of the Muses. Also on the programme is one of John Woolrich’s best known pieces, Ulysses Awakes, a reworking of music by Monteverdi and mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston joining the orchestra for a performance of Britten’s cantata Phaedra. Presented by Martin Handley.

Benjamin Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16
John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Quel prix de mon amour (from Medea)
Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos

Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète
Benjamin Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93

Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano)
Iain Farrington (piano)
Wenhan Jiang (viola)
Britten Sinfonia
Zoe Beyers (violin/director)

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Apollo Op.16

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • John Woolrich

    Ulysses Awakes

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Medee - Tragedie Mise En Musique H.491 ; Act 3 Sc.3; Quel Prix De Mon Amour

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Arianna A Naxos - Cantata (H.26b.2)

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • Mel Bonis

    Omphale Op.86

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.

  • Mel Bonis

    Salomé, Op. 100

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.

  • Mel Bonis

    Ophelie Op.165

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada Del Gracioso

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon Musagete - Ballet In 2 Scenes

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Phaedra - Cantata Op.93

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Zoë Beyers.

  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 2

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thursday19:30
    BBC Radio 3