Temple Song series: Julius Drake & Friends

Middle Temple Church, London

18 November 2009, 7.30 pm

Mark Padmore (tenor)
William Purefoy (replacing indisposed Will Towers) (counter tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Alison Nichols (harp)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Julius Drake (piano)

Britten: The Canticles

The five works to which Britten gave the title ‘canticle’ are all settings of texts of a religious or spiritual nature and each is scored for a different combination of voices and instruments, the one constant element being the tenor voice parts which were originally written for Peter Pears. This performance brings together three of the Temple Song series’ outstanding singers in a rare, complete performance of all five of Benjamin Britten’s Canticles.
Generously supported by the Golden Bottle Trust