19 Sep 1979-1 Aug 1980
Works performed:
Williamson: Overture from Santoago de Espada; Britten: Piano Concerto; Arnold: Symphony No. 4; Britten: Sacred and Profane; Britten: Cantata Misericordium; Britten: Phaedra; Britten: Prelude and Fugue; Britten: A Boy was born; Britten: Nocturne; Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia; Britten: Festival Cantata 'Rejoice in the Lamb'; Britten: Five Flower Songs; Britten: Cantata academica (Carmen Basiliense); Britten: Lachrymae; Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Britten: Shepherd's Carol; Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets; Britten: String Quartet No. 3; Britten: Folk-song Arrangements; Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake; Britten: Simple Symphony; Britten; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Britten: Soirees Musicales; among various others
Venue:
Royal Northern College of Music; St. John's, Smith Square; Concert Hall, Broadcasting House; among many others, Manchester; London; among many others
Performers:
Christian Blackshaw (piano); BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra; Raymond Leppard (conductor); BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; and various other performers
Further information:
Full season of BBC Concerts with concerts in Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Swansea, Glasgow, and Stirling. Works by Britten performed throughout, but concentrated in a series of concerts of British Music out of St. John's, Smith Square. First concert of season on 19 September 1979 and the last on 1 August 1980.
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Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-1979-1005
