25 Feb-21 Mar 1993
Works performed:
Britten: Curlew River; Britten: Suite for Solo Cello; Britten: Cello Sonata; Britten: Cantata Misericordium; Britten: String Quartet No.1; Britten: String Quartet No.2; Britten: Simple Symphony; Britten: Piano Concerto; Britten: Les Illuminations; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Britten: Phantasy Quartet; Britten: Lachrymae; Britten: Temporal Variations; Britten: Three Divertimenti; Britten: Alla Marcia; Britten: Third Suite for Cello; Britten: Cello Sonata; Britten: Symphonic Suite Gloriana; Britten: Violin Concerto; Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Britten: Peter Grimes; Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas - Pas de Six; Britten: Cello Symphony; Britten: The Sword in the Stone; Britten: Holiday Diary; Britten: Canticle V; Britten: Suite for Harp; Britten: Canticle II; Britten: Phaedra; Britten: War Requiem; Mahler arr. Britten: Symphony No.3 - What the wild flowers tell me; among other works by Britten, Shostakovich, Knussen, and Debussy
Venue:
Barbican Hall; Saint Giles Cripplegate; Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Performers:
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor/cello); Oliver Knussen (conductor); Elena Prokina (soprano); Mikhail Krutikov (bass); Ian Brown (piano); Lynda Russell (soprano); Barry Douglas (piano); Matthew Hargreaves (bass/The Abbot); Gwyn Hughes Jones (baritone/ The Ferryman); Mark Evans (baritone/The Traveller); Mark Milhofer (tenor/The Madwoman); Hugo and Robin Ticciati (treble/The Spirit of the Boy); Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Paul Silverthorne (viola); John Constable (piano); James Bowman (counter-tennor); Adrian Thompson (tenor); Bryn Lewis (harp); David Owen Norris (piano); Malcolm Martineau (piano); Mark Lubotsky (violin); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor); Barry Tuckwell (horn); Makvala Karashvili (soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone); Ben Heppner (tenor/Peter Grimes); Nancy Gustafson (soprano/Ellen Orford); John Connell (bass/Swallow); Michael Druiett (bass/Hobson); Joan Rodgers (soprano); Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano); The Nash Ensemble; Choiristers of Saint Paul's Cathedral; Brindisi Quartet; Borodin String Quartet; London Symphony Orchestra
Further information:
Three copies of the full-size programme, two copies of the smaller programme, one programme insert for the Nash Ensemble performance on 16 March 1993, an advertisment, two tickets to the 18th March 1993 performance, and one newspaper article from the 27th February 1993 Weekend Telegraph which contains an interview with Mstislav Rostropovich about his experiences working with Britten. One copy of the full-size programme is annotated on the first page '789.92 Archive'.
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Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-1993-0225
