A BOY WAS BORN: BOSTRIDGE SINGS BRITTEN

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Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 7.30pm

Symphony Hall, Birmingham +44 (0)121 345 0600

Michael Seal  conductor
Ian Bostridge  tenor

Elgar: In the South 20'
Britten: Les Illuminations 23'
Britten: Prelude and Fugue 10'
Elgar: Enigma Variations 32' Listen on Spotify

Thought you knew British music? Think again, as CBSO associate conductor Michael Seal conducts an evening of soaring passions and tender secrets. Elgar’s In the South explodes in a burst of Mediterranean sunshine, and as for his Enigma Variations - well, let’s just say that there are a whole host of wonderful secrets just waiting to be discovered beyond the famous Nimrod. Legendary British tenor Ian Bostridge brings all his insight and poetry to Britten’s sensuous, glittering song-cycle. Sit back and think of England…

Explore Birmingham’s celebrations of Britten’s centenary here.

A taste of the CBSO’s celebrations of Britten in his centenary year

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