11-14 Aug 1983
Works performed:
(1) Britten: Simple Symphony; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Peter and the Wolf; Haydn: Concerto in C for cello and orchestra
(2) Bach: Suite No. 3 in C; Walton: Passacaglia for solo cello; Britten: Cello Suite; Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in Cminor
(3) Prokofiev: Songs; Stravinsky: Russian Song for cello and piano; Shostakovich: Songs
(4) Tchaikovsky: Iolanthe, a lyric opera in one act
Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Performers:
(1) Peter Pears (narrator); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello and conductor); The Britten-Pears Orchestra
(2) Hugh Maguire, Peter Thomas (violins); Patrick Ireland (viola); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
(3) Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Marcia Swanston (mezzo-soprano); Roger Vignoles (piano)
(4) Marcia Swanston (mezzo-soprano); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Linda Mabbs (soprano); Anna Steiger (mezzo-soprano); Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass); Stanley Warren (tenor); Dimiter Petkov (bass); Richard Jackson (baritone); Hugh Mackey (baritone); Nicolai Gedda (tenor); the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; the English Chamber Orchestra; Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
Further Information: The four concert performances have been numbered to clarify the works and artists concerned. There were, in addition, masterclasses led by both Rostropovich during the festival and Vishnevshaya, 15-23 Aug. A newspaper cutting of an interview with Rostropovich is enclosed
1 item; 2 copies
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-SM-1983-18
