Luke Bedford and George Benjamin

Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
Snape Maltings Concert Hall,Snape,Suffolk,IP17 1SP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1728 687110
http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth conductor

The fizzing energy of Mozart and Schubert frames a Janus-like concert that straddles the centuries, turning back for inspiration but planting its feet in the music of today. In Ravel’s hands the grace and exuberance of French baroque dance forms become both homage to his French musical ancestry and bittersweet homily to the fallen.
Luke Bedford’s rhapsody evokes nineteenth century conjoined twins who sing with a striking, heartrending beauty whilst Benjamin’s taut, luminous score teems with vivid caprice and sombre foreboding. At the helm, Aldeburgh newcomer François-Xavier Roth blends period instrument sensibility and an extraordinary ear for the kaleidoscopic colours of new music.


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Luke Bedford : Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale
Maurice Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin
George Benjamin : Three Inventions
Franz Schubert : Symphony No.5