Prom 61: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group August 29, 2007

Knussen's Ophelia Dances continues our Shakespeare-in-music theme, quoting Debussy and Schumann among the 'old tunes' Hamlet's lover sings while drowning. His Requiem for his late wife Sue (which includes an eloquent setting of Auden, whose centenary we celebrate this year) features alongside Webern's fleeting miniatures and Julian Anderson's rapturously received Book of Hours.

Oliver Knussen
Ophelia Dances (7 mins)
Webern
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.10 (5 mins)
Oliver Knussen
Requiem - Songs for Sue (11 mins)
Julian Anderson
Book of Hours (24 mins)

Claire Booth soprano
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Oliver Knussen conductor

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