成人快手

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals.

Petroc Trelawny presents the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra under conductor/composer George Benjamin performing works by Debussy, Ravel and Benjamin at the 2009 Aldeburgh Festival.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
George Benjamin (conductor)

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Julian Anderson: Shir Hashirim
Carter: Three Occasions
Benjamin: Duet for piano and orchestra (UK premiere)
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand

Followed by a focus on celebrated historical recordings made at the Aldeburgh Festival. With highlights of the famous recital given in 1989 at The Snape Maltings, Snape, by American pianist Murray Perahia, including Beethoven's 32 Variations for Piano in C minor and Schumann's Carnival Jest from Vienna.

Britten: Still Falls the Rain, op 55
Peter Pears (tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Benjamin Britten (piano)