Britten Sinfonia

Please Note
This concert is approximately 50 minutes without breaks between each movement.
There will be no admittance for latecomers to this performance.

Concessions

• 20% discount available if all four Britten Sinfonia At Lunch concerts in Season 2011-2012 are booked together.
• Student tickets also available.

Please note the above concessions are only available when booking through the Box Office on
020 7935 2141 and are not available online.

Performers

Britten Sinfonia

Thomas Gould

violin

Miranda Dale

violin

Claire Finnimore

viola

Caroline Dearnley

cello

Huw Watkins

piano

Programme

Bedford

Three Intermezzi (London première)*

Franck

Piano Quintet in F minor

*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall

NB The movements of these two works will be interspersed in this performance.

About this concert

Franck’s Piano Quintet stands at this programme’s centre. The composition’s 1879 première marked a watershed moment in the history of chamber music, thanks not least to its broad emotional range and abundant passion, possibly inspired by Franck’s infatuation for one of his young students. This concert likewise broadens the repertoire with a new work, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall, by Luke Bedford, resident composer at Wigmore Hall. Bedford has been noted for writing music of brooding intensity, in which every note carries maximum expressive impact.

‘I know that Britten Sinfonia musicians are always keen to explore new ways of presenting concerts and this gave me the idea of writing a piece that fits into the gaps between the movements of the Franck Piano Quintet. Just as in art galleries, where one can sometimes make connections between apparently unrelated artists but whose work is side-by-side, I want to create something similar, but within a concert.’ Luke Bedford

This is the third of their four 'At Lunch' concerts at Wigmore Hall during this Season.

Please follow the links below for information about the other concerts in this series.

• Britten Sinfonia At Lunch first concert
• Britten Sinfonia At Lunch second concert
• Britten Sinfonia At Lunch fourth concert