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Forrelease:8March2017
BrittenSinfoniaEasterconcerts
BrittenSinfoniaandMarkPadmore:Bach’sStJohnPassion
withpoetrybyT.S.EliotandsacredtextsreadbySimonRussellBeale
Thursday13Aprilat7.30pm–StAndrew’sHall,Norwich
GoodFriday,14Aprilat6.00pm–BarbicanHall,London
Saturday15Aprilat7.30pm–King’sCollegeChapelCambridge
www.brittensinfonia.com
TenorMarkPadmoredescribesBach’smusicas‘anendlessjourneyofdiscovery”;aspart
ofthisjourney,hehassungtheroleoftheEvangelistinBachPassionsnumeroustimes,to
widespreadcriticalacclaim.ThisEaster(13-15April),hejoinsBrittenSinfoniatooffera
personalreflectiononBach’sStJohnPassion,singingEvangelistandcuratinga
programmethatsetsthemajesticmixofthetheatricalanddevotionalinBach’s
masterworkalongsideaselectionofpoemsbyT.S.Eliotandsacredtexts,readbySimon
RussellBeale.BrittenSinfoniaLeaderJacquelineShavedirectstheorchestra,with
BrittenSinfoniaVoicesdirectedbyEamonnDougan.
MarkPadmorecomments:“Bach'sStJohnPassionisaprofoundmeditationonsuffering.
ItwaswrittenfortheGoodFridayserviceintheThomasChurchofLeipzigtodisturbthe
conscienceandprovokethecompassionofthecongregation.Byincludingbiblicaltexts
andpoetrybyT.S.Eliot-readbySimonRussellBeale-wehopetofocusattentiononthe
messagethatthistimelessmasterpiecehasforourownage”.
MarkPadmorehasbeenaregularmusicalcollaboratorwithBrittenSinfoniasince2008.
Thecollaborationhasresultedinmanyandvariedprojectsincluding:Britten’sNocturne,
performedinaconcertstagingbyKatieMitchell;performancesofBritten’sSerenadefor
Tenor,HornandStringsandLesIlluminations;asixteendateEuropeantourfeaturingthe
premiereofaspeciallycommissionedworkfortenorandorchestrabyNicoMuhly,andan
acclaimedEnglishsongprogrammewithFinzi’sDiesNatalisatitsheart(alsoreleasedon
HarmoniaMundiHMU807552).
BrittenSinfonia’sEasterconcertsaresomethingofaseasonalfixtureattheBarbican,
wheretheorchestraisanAssociateEnsemble,andinNorwichandCambridge,wherethe
orchestraalsoenjoysresidencies.
Furtherpressinformationfrom:SophieCohenon02074823466(NOTE–NEWPHONE
NUMBER)07711551787 [email protected]
www.brittensinfonia.com www.markpadmore.com Venue,ticketandboxofficeinformation
Thursday13Aprilat7.30pm–StAndrew’sHall,Norwich
www.brittensinfonia.com
Tickets:£6-£30
GoodFriday,14Aprilat6.00pm–BarbicanHall,London(NOTE–EarlyStart)
BoxOffice:02076388891
www.barbican.org.uk
Tickets:£10-£45
Saturday15Aprilat7.30pm–KingsCollegeChapel,Cambridge
BoxOffice:01223769342
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/easter-at-kings
Tickets:£15-£40