Programme

Bold Tendencies

Kate Whitley

FRIDAY 9 JUNE 2023
Kate Whitley and Young Creatives Verified
(BBT Commission, world premiere)
Ruby Hughes soprano, Francesca Chiejina soprano,
Hyeyoon Park violin and Simone Rubino percussion
Multi-Story Children’s Choir, Orchestra & Young Creatives
Adam Gibbs conductor

Verified explores the complexities of social media through music.

Wigmore Hall

SATURDAY 10 June 2023

Alexi Kenney. Photo Mike Grittani

Mark Simpson Darkness Moves
(BBT Commission, dedicated to Franco Buitoni and Ilaria Borletti Buitoni)
Mark Simpson clarinet
Debussy Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp
Adam Walker flute, Timothy Ridout viola, Sivan Magen harp
Angélica Negrón The Violinist violin solo with electronics
(BBT Commission, UK premiere)
Salina Fisher Hikari for solo violin
(BBT Commission, UK premiere)
Alexi Kenney violin
Stravinsky L’histoire du soldat Suite
Alexi Kenney violin, Mark Simpson clarinet, Filippo Gorini piano

Apollon Musagète Quartet. Photo Nikolaj Lund

SATURDAY 10 JUNE 2023

Schubert Notturno in E flat D897 (Op 148)
Mitsuko Uchida piano, Geneva Lewis violin, Christian Poltéra cello
Mahler Rückert Lieder
Mitsuko Uchida piano, James Newby baritone
Schubert String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden
Apollon Musagète Quartet

SivanI Magen. Photo Musician Designs

SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2023 Coffee Concert

Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor
Sivan Magen harp
Bach Cello Suite No 3 in C (excerpts)
Simone Rubino marimba
Bach Contrapunctus I and XI from The Art of Fugue
Filippo Gorini piano
Bach Chaconne from Partita No 2 in D minor
Geneva Lewis violin

Simone Rubino. Photo Marco Borggreve

SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2023

Screening of BBT film Commissioning for the Future and
Il Ritmo della Terra, Lamberto Curtoni’s chamber work for  percussion, strings and voice, commissioned by and featuring Simone Rubino percussion

SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2023

Quatuor Ébène. Photo Julien Mignon

Purcell Fantasia No 6 in FZ737
Quatuor Ébène
Dowland Fantasia in E P.1
Dowland from First Book of Lute Songs: Come Heavy Sleep • Think’st Thou Then by Thy Feigning • Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
Britten from Songs from the Chinese: The Old Lute • Autumn Wind
Thomas Adès from The Exterminating Angel:
It’s Very Late Now (Silvia) • Blanca (Over the Sea)
Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano, Sean Shibe guitar
Schubert Rondeau brilliant D895 (Op 70)
Mitsuko Uchida piano, Itamar Zorman violin
Ravel String Quartet in F
Quatuor Ébène