Britten Sinfonia

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:30
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater

Thomas Adès, conductor and piano
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Britten Sinfonia, one of Europe’s most dynamic chamber orchestras, makes its U.S. debut in this program of Baroque and Baroque-inspired music.

COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses
COUPERIN (arr. Adès): Les barricades mistérieuses
ADÈS: Three Studies After Couperin
RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin
STRAVINSKY (arr. Dushkin): Airs du rossignol et Marche chinoise
STRAVINSKY: Suites Nos. 1 and 2
ADÈS: Concerto for Violin, Concentric Paths

Pekka Kuusisto, Thomas Adès, and Britten Sinfonia performed Sibelius's Humoresque No. 4 in G minor, Op. 89, as an encore.

There is no late seating.

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COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses

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STRAVINSKY: Suite No. 2, Valse

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STRAVINSKY: Suite No. 2, Galop