Britten Sinfonia presents AT LUNCH THREE

Tuesday 26 March 2019, 1pm

West Road Concert Hall

 

Jacqueline Shave, Miranda Dale violins

Clare Finnimore viola

Caroline Dearnley cello

Huw Watkins piano

Britten Sinfonia is very grateful to Mary Anne Kennedy who has agreed to appear at short notice.

 

James MacMillan Hirta (First live performance), For Sally, For Max

Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness

Winner of OPUS 2018 New work (world premiere tour)

 

This Scottish folk-inspired concert features works by James MacMillan and Peter Maxwell Davies, including the first live performance of MacMillan’s Hirta, an arrangement of a folk song from St Kilda. A new work by the winner of Britten Sinfonia’s OPUS2018 competition for unpublished composers will also receive its premiere, the composer having been mentored by James MacMillan.