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Performance

VenueRoyal Albert Hall
Also: Elgar Room
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From3rd September 2013
To3rd September 2013
When22:00
PricesFrom £12.00. To £16.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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  • Date of change: 7 May 13 - T01052816480

Prom 70 - Britten & Lloyd

Prom 70

Work:: Prom 70 (S6008)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Britten & Lloyd (T01052816480)

David Hill conducts the an early and a late work respectively by two centenary composers. Britten's A Boy was Born was written when the composer was just 19 years old and first broadcast on the day of Edward Elgar's death. It is shot through with what John Bridcut described in his book, Britten's Children, as 'an apparently childlike simplicity'. George Lloyd's Requiem, written in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, receives its London premiere. There will be no interval. Frinish time: approx. 23:30
Performer Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Performer Greg Morris (organ)
Company Temple Church Choir
Company BBC Singers
Conductor David Hill

Listing:: L027786117




Britten & Lloyd

David Hill conducts the an early and a late work respectively by two centenary composers. Britten's A Boy was Born was written when the composer was just 19 years old and first broadcast on the day of Edward Elgar's death. It is shot through with what John Bridcut described in his book, Britten's Children, as 'an apparently childlike simplicity'. George Lloyd's Requiem, written in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, receives its London premiere. There will be no interval. Frinish time: approx. 23:30

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