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Saturday 19 June 2010
Aldeburgh Festival
Composer Portrait: George Benjamin
London Sinfonietta
Susan Bickley mezzo soprano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
George Benjamin conductor
Scriabin Five Preludes Op.74
Debussy Syrinx
Messiaen Cloches d’angoisse et larmes d’adieu
Ravel Chansons Madécasses
Webern Variations Op.27
George Benjamin Shadowlines; Upon Silence
In a programme devised and presented by the composer, George Benjamin’s work is embedded in some of the music he feels closest to.
The immediacy and drama extracted from the canons of Shadowlines are prefaced by Webern’s crystalline counterpoint, Messiaen’s plangent bells and delicate tears, and the brittle expressionism of Scriabin.
The web of fine-spun textures and eerie stases in Upon Silence are a partner to the strange beauty of Ravel and Debussy.
An alluring blend of seductive, intricately crafted music and miraculously conjured sonorities.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft.
Britten Studio, Snape
11am (ends approx 12.55pm)
Tickets £18, £15, £12 (under 27s half price)
Coach £4 A (10am)
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George Benjamin
George Benjamin is one of the outstanding composers of his generation. Born in 1960, he started to play the piano at the age of seven, and began composing almost immediately.
As a conductor he regularly appears with some of the world's leading ensembles and orchestras including London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, the Cleveland and Concertgebouw orchestras and the Berlin Philharmonic.