Saturday 29 March 2008, 7.30pm
English Minatures
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Bax Tintagel
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
Coates Knightsbridge March |
arr. Britten Down by the Sally Gardens
arr: Wilson The Last Rose of Summer
Trad. Dance to Thee Daddy
Coates Birdsongs at Eventide
Coates I Heard You Singing
Haydn Wood Roses of Picardy |
John Wilson conductor • Sir Thomas Allen baritone
A perfect English concert for a perfect English spring. John Wilson is joined by one of the country's great baritones, Sir Thomas Allen, for an idyllic evening of music that echoes the hugely successful Hallé CDs English Rhapsody and English Landscapes. Here is a programme of English miniatures that will send the audience home with a wistful sigh and the warmest of hearts.
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This concert is sponsored by Manchester Airports Group |
