For wind quintet. Performed by Britten Sinfonia, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 2nd December 2014.

Recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3).

Uncanny Vale was co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall following OPUS2014, a competition for unpublished composers. The commission was made possible by the generous donations of 22 people including principal commissioners Roger and Susan May and one donation in memory of Ettore Fenaroli, as part of Britten Sinfonia's Musically Gifted campaign. Wigmore Hall acknowledges the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation.

Uncanny Vale

David Butcher, Britten Sinfonia's Chief Executive and Artistic Director talks to Dr Kate Kennedy (Weinrebe Research Fellow in Life-Writing at Wolfson College, Oxford) about Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. We find out all about the poetry, music and themes, as well as why it's a brilliant introduction to Britten's music.

Kate Kennedy writes for BBC Music Magazine, and gives talks at literary and music festivals around the country, and at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and the Southbank Centre, and is a regular guest on BBC Radio 3, on programmes such as Essential Classics, Composer of the Week, Music Matters, and the Proms Plus series. She is the consultant to Radio 3 for their First World War programming, and has appeared on BBC 2 and 4 television.

You can listen to Britten Sinfonia and Mark Padmore performing Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings on Spotify.

Dr Kate Kennedy on Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

One of the world's leading chamber orchestras - performs internationally with world-class guest artists & innovative, dynamic programmes.

Dr Kate Kennedy on Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Britten Sinfonia

Related tracks