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Tavener: Flood of Beauty
with Britten Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia Voices
Part of the Britten Sinfonia 2014–2015
Add to my Calendar 28-09-2014 19:30 28-09-2014 21:30 36 Tavener: Flood of Beauty The Britten Sinfonia premieres Sir John Tavener’s last major concert work, Flood of Beauty (Saundarya Lahari). Based on a Sanskrit poem by the 9th-century philosopher and poet Sankara, the piece is an attempt to show the rapture and bliss of the Divine Being through Hinduism – following Tavener's many revered musical journeys through Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Flood of Beauty was devised by the late composer, who would have turned 70 this year, to be performed with the instruments of a normal symphony orchestra, but all spaced around the auditorium – with Indian classical instruments tabla and sitar completing the ensemble. 'The audience, so that they are, as it were, "surrounded" by bliss and beauty' Sir John Tavener (Eamonn Dougan Britten Sinfonia Voices Director) Barbican Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Barbican Hall
Silk Street
Barbican, City of London
London
EC2Y 8DS
England
Programme
John Tavener – Flood of Beauty
Performers
Allison Bell – soprano
Marcus Farnsworth – baritone
Sheema Mukherjee – sitar
Kuljit Bhamra – tabla
Eamonn Dougan – choral director
Natalie Clein – cello
Martyn Brabbins – Conductor
Britten Sinfonia Voices
New London Chamber Choir
Britten Sinfonia
Other concerts in this Season
Programme Note
The Britten Sinfonia premieres Sir John Tavener’s last major concert work, Flood of Beauty (Saundarya Lahari). Based on a Sanskrit poem by the 9th-century philosopher and poet Sankara, the piece is an attempt to show the rapture and bliss of the Divine Being through Hinduism – following Tavener's many revered musical journeys through Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Flood of Beauty was devised by the late composer, who would have turned 70 this year, to be performed with the instruments of a normal symphony orchestra, but all spaced around the auditorium – with Indian classical instruments tabla and sitar completing the ensemble.
'The audience, so that they are, as it were, "surrounded" by bliss and beauty' Sir John Tavener
(Eamonn Dougan Britten Sinfonia Voices Director)