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in the Aldeburgh Festival
Britten
Song Cycles to be recorded
The three Britten Song Cycles concerts given by Malcolm Martineau
and recent alumni in the 62nd Aldeburgh Festival this summer
proved an outstanding success. There are plans to record them
with the same artists in early 2010 in the new Britten Studio
at Snape Maltings.
The
recording will be funded by Aldeburgh Music and released on
Onyx Classics. If we sell enough copies it will pay for itself
but to reduce our risk we are hoping to find some supporters
to underwrite the recording. If you might be interested in being
involved with this exciting project, please contact Kate Lloyd,
Head of External Relations, on klloyd@aldeburgh.co.uk.
Elizabeth Atherton (Strauss, Mahler, Mozart, 2002) stepped in
at the last minute to give a stunning performance of Britten's
On this Island. She was here starring in Harrison Birtwistle's
Semper
Dowland, semper dolens and The
Corridor that opened the Festival in the new Hoffmann
Building.
Hesse Alumni News
50th
anniversary celebrated in June
The 50th anniversary celebration of the Hesse Student Scheme
was a great success, with a special guest appearance by Michael
Chance (Hesse 1975) and Iain Burnside (Hesse 1974) in the
62nd Aldeburgh Festival.
Simon Loftus, Sophia Tennant, Michael Lloyd, Rose Battye,
Sarah Zins, Paul and Rosalind Newis (nee Harris), Ariane Bankes
and Peter Khoroche were just some of the many Hesses that
came back for the concert and the reception.
We are planning another get-together in November at Kings
Place in London, when Aldeburgh Music is in residence
there.
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photos from the 50th anniversary celebration
Alumni
to star in 'One Evening" at Lincoln Center
US premiere follows world premiere at Snape in May
Following its world premiere at Snape, One
Evening - a re-imagining of Schubert's Winterreise
with poetry by Samuel Beckett - receives its US premiere in
December, as part of the Lincoln Center Great Performers season.
Mark Padmore (Don Giovanni, 1989) sings accompanied by Andrew
West (Voice and Piano Duos, 1989), while Katie Mitchell directs.
Awards
Prize-winning Aldeburgh Alumni
Anna Devin (Faery Queen, 2005) has won the 2009 the
Maggie Teyte Prize, as well as a Miriam Licette Scholarship.
Anna is returning to us in October 2009 for Britten’s
The
Turn of the Screw in the role of the governess.
Marcus Farnsworth (Schumann Lieder, 2009) and Elizabeth Burgess
(St Matthew Passion, 2009) have won 1st prize in the Wigmore
Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition 2009 with
Ben Nelson (The Rape of Lucretia, 2008) and Gary Matthewman
(Debussy and Poulenc, 2004) taking 2nd Prize. A clean sweep
for our Alumni!
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