Amy Thomas & Gabriel Dyker | CBSO Digital Concerts: French Connections

CBSO musicians Amy Thomas and Gabriel Dyker catch up together about the latest CBSO digital concert French Connections featuring conductor Ben Gernon and soprano Mary Bevan, and life in lockdown 3.

This concert on demand is available to view from 6pm, Thursday 14 January until Friday 12 February 2021.

FEATURING
Ben Gernon – Conductor
Mary Bevan – Soprano

PROGRAMME
Bologne - L’Amant anonyme: Overture, 10′
Britten - Les Illuminations , 23′
Haydn - Symphony No. 84 , 24′

“I alone hold the key to this wild parade!” And with a dazzling flourish, Benjamin Britten launched Les Illuminations: ten glittering, sensuous songs that sent sparks hurtling into the grey skies of 1940s England. Mary Bevan is the singer today: critics have called her “simply spectacular”, and together with the sheer energy of our guest conductor Ben Gernon, she’s the vibrant heart of a concert that begins with a spirited overture by the composer they called “the Black Mozart” and ends with one of the pieces he’d have played in 18th century Paris – an irreverent, deliciously witty symphony by Joseph Haydn. Join us to beat the seasonal blues: this is music to light up even the gloomiest winter day.