Welcome to Britten Sinfonia's South America tour, 2-7 May 2007

Britten Sinfonia's first inter-continental tour takes us to three Latin American countries:

   Brazil (leia estas páginas em Português)

   Argentina (lea en español)

   Uruguay (lea en español)

Teaming music by South American and British composers with Bach and Stravinsky, the two touring programmes are a typical Britten Sinfonia mix of the old and new.

Joanna MacGregor directs the orchestra from the piano in James MacMillan's whirlwind-like second piano concerto (which we premiered with Joanna in 2004) as well as her own arrangements of Egberto Gismonti pieces and Dowland 's heart-rending lute songs. We also play music by Argentinian-born, Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov.

Tour supporters

The tour has been made possible by the kind support of Cambridge University Press. Click here for some recommended reading with some exclusive discounts on CUP-published books.

We are also extremely grateful to: Arts Council England, British Council and Arts & Business for their support of this tour.

What's on these pages?

Tour dates

Programmes

Profile of Jacqueline Shave

Profile of Juan Gonzalez

Profile of Joanna MacGregor

Want to know more about the music?

Want to know more about the composers?

Brazil page

Argentina page

Uruguay page

Interact! (coming soon)

Cambridge University Press page

Tour dates

Wednesday 2 May 2007, 9.00pm

Teatro Cultura Artistica, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Programme One

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Thursday 3 May 2007, 8.30pm

Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Programme One

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Friday 4 May 2007, 8.30pm

Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Programme Two

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Saturday 5 May 2007, 7.30pm

Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uruguay

Programme Two

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Monday 7 May 2007, 9.00pm

Teatro Cultura Artistica, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Programme Two

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Programmes

Programme One   

JS Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor

Dowland arr. MacGregor Forlorn Hope Fancy; Mr Dowland’s Midnight; Can She Excuse

Britten Lachrymae

Osvaldo Golijov Levante; Last Round

JS Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor

Stravinsky Concerto in D major for string orchestra

Egberto Gismonti Forrobodo; Frevo

Programme Two

Britten Young Apollo

Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

JS Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor

Britten Prelude and Fugue

James MacMillan Piano Concerto No.2