Performance on 3 - Britten Sinfonia - Rossini, Mozart, Ligeti, Weber

Presented by Petroc Trelawny The Britten Sinfonia returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London for a work known as a tour de force for soprano and orchestra - Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre. The Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan has received much acclaim for performances of his music, as well as in the opera house. She has sung this work across the world, and in this concert performs it alongside Ligeti's energy-fuelled Concert Românesc. Two spirited Rossini overtures, some of Mozart's most popular songs and Weber's virtuosic Concertino for Horn make up the rest of this captivating programme. Rossini: Overture to The Silken Ladder* Mozart: Vado, ma dove? O dei, K583 Mozart: Un moto di gioia K579 Mozart: Misera, dove son - Ah, non son io che parlo, K369 Ligeti: Concert Românesc* Rossini: Overture to Il Signor Bruschino* Mozart: Five Contradanses, K609 Weber: Concertino for Horn and Orchestra* Ligeti, arr. Howarth: Mysteries of the Macabre Barbara Hannigan soprano/director Richard Watkins horn Britten Sinfonia Jacqueline Shave leader/director Ryan Wigglesworth conductor* Followed by our continuing series of 100 years of German Song from the Wigmore Hall. Tonight mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau perform songs written in the 1830s by Felix Mendelssohn and Paul Lachner.