BBC SSO: Bartok & Shostakovich

BBC SSO: Bartok & Shostakovich

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Britten                       Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (c.16 mins)
Shostakovich         Suite from ‘Hamlet’ (c.23 mins)
Interval
Bartók                       Bluebeard’s Castle (One-Act Opera) (c.55 mins)

Alice Coote             mezzo-soprano
Gábor Bretz           baritone
Elim Chan               conductor

“In wars outside the blood runs red/Here is something far more deadly, ladies and gentlemen”. Duke Bluebeard’s castle has seven doors, and his new wife Judith is determined to open them all. But some questions are best left unanswered, and in Bartók’s gripping psychological thriller even the darkest secrets possess a terrible beauty. Today, mezzo soprano Alice Coote and baritone Gábor Bretz are the heroine and hero of this sinister fairytale—two world-class singers with an unrivalled sense of theatre, supported by guest conductor Elim Chan and all the glittering colours of the full BBC SSO. Add Britten’s storm-swept portrait of the North Sea, and Shostakovich’s delightfully irreverent encounter with Shakespeare, and this is a pulse-raising concert packed with drama.

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