Vienna Konzerthaus
22 April 2008, 7.30pm
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
David Hansen (countertenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Wolfgang Tomböck (horn)
Xavier de Maistre (harp)
Julius Drake (piano)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op 74
Proverb I – London
Proverb II – The Chimney-Sweeper
Proverb III -A Poison Tree
Proverb IV – The Tyger
Proverb V – The Fly
Proverb VI – Ah, Sun-flower
Proverb VII – Every Night and every Morn
Interval
Benjamin Britten: Canticles
Canticle I: My Beloved is mine Op40
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac Op.51
Canticle III : Still Falls The Rain – the Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn Op. 55
Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi Op.86
Canticle V: The death of St Narcissus Op. 89