Archived Event

Britten Sinfonia At Lunch
Britten Sinfonia
Date
Wed 19 Apr 2017, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Britten Sinfonia

    Programme

    • Gerald Finzi
      1901-1956
        • Interlude for oboe and string quartet Op. 21
    1. Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

    Overview

    This programme, centred on the artistry of renowned oboist Nicholas Daniel, features a new work by Brian Elias co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Britten Sinfonia, together with Finzi’s intimate yet cinematic Interlude and Mozart’s String Quintet in C minor, in which the oboe takes the role of first violin.

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