5 Mar-2 Apr 1987
Works performed:
(5 Mar): Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Britten: Cello Symphony; Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings; (11 Mar): Britten: A Time There Was; Britten: Cantata Misericordium; Shostakovich: Two Russian Folk Songs; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich: Five Fragments for Small Orchestra; (19 Mar): Britten: Oboe Quartet; Britten: Six Metamorphoses After Ovid; Britten: String Quarter No. 3; Shostakovich: Cello Sonata; (2 Apr): Britten: Phaedra; Shostakovich: Two Pieces for Strings; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Performers:
(5 Mar): City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox (Conductor); Howard Shelley (Piano); Steven Isserlis (Cello), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet); (11 Mar): City of London Sinfonia; The Westminster Singers; Richard Hickox (Conductor); Robert Cohen (Cello); Martyn Hill (Tenor); Stephen Roberts (Baritone); (19 Mar): Endellion String Quartet; Douglas Boyd (Oboe), Steven Isserlis (Cello); Olli Mustonen (Piano); (2 Apr): City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox (Conductor); Penelope Walmsley-Clark (Soprano); Sarah Walker (Mezzo Soprano); John Tomlinson (Bass)
Further information:
Concert of March 5th was sponsored by Standard Life Assurance Company and the concert of April 2nd was sponsored by John Laing Construction Company. 1 programme and 2 flyers in separate sleeves.
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