16-23 May 1987
Works performed:
16 May: Britten: Sinfonietta; Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra "Dumbarton Oaks"; Mozart: Concerto No. 27 in B flat (K595); Haydn: Symphony No. 67 in F major; 18 May: Britten: Take, O, take those lips away; Britten: Canticle II; Britten: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades; Britten: The Lute Songs of the East of Essex; Britten: Sonetto XXXVlll; Britten: La belle est au jardin d'amour; Britten: Calypso; Britten: The Choirmaster's Burial; Britten: The Phaedrus monologue; Purcell arr. Britten: Sound the Trumpet; arr. Britten: The Ash Grove; arr. Pears: Soldier, soldier won't you marry me; among other works
Venue:
Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford, Essex
Performers:
16 May: English Chamber Orchestra; Stephen Barlow (conductor); Jana Frenklova (piano); 18 May: The Songmakers' Almanac; Patricia Rozario (soprano); Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor); Richard Jackson (baritone); Iain Burnside (piano)
Further information:
Includes mailing list form and a flyer about Drama in the Cathedral. Concert of 18 May was devised by Graham Johnson as a tribute to Peter Pears. Listed works and performers are from the two concerts works by Britten.
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Archive
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