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FULL Phaedra & Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Britten) Victoria BC 2021
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Phaedra & Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
- Composer: Britten Benjamin
- Libretto: Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell, various authors
- Venue & Opera Company: Farquhar Auditorium, Victoria, British Columbia, Pacific Opera Victoria
- Recorded: June 2021
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Allyson McHardy, Colin Ainsworth
- Conductor: Timothy Vernon
- Orchestra: Victoria Symphony
- Stage Director: Rachel Peake
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Jeff Harrison
Information about the Recording
- Published by: VictoriaSymphony
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Serenade has eight movements:
“Prologue” (horn solo)
“Pastoral”, a setting of “The Evening Quatrains” by Charles Cotton (1630–1687)
“Nocturne”, a setting of “Blow, bugle, blow” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Elegy”, a setting of “The Sick Rose” by William Blake (1757–1827)
“Dirge”, a setting the anonymous “Lyke-Wake Dirge” (15th century)
“Hymn”, a setting of “Hymn to Diana” by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Sonnet”, a setting of “To Sleep” by John Keats (1795–1821)
“Epilogue” (horn solo; reprise of Prologue, played offstage)