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Ben Glassberg

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Steven Osborne

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BBC Philharmonic | 17 June

Manchester

United Kingdom

The Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic | 17 June: The Wreckers Smyth (+2 More)

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The Wreckers

Piano Concerto, op. 13

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

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Ben Glassberg closes the BBC Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Bridgewater Hall season with a dazzling programme of twentieth century treasures. Starting with a whisper from one of Britain’s lesser-known composers, Ethel Smyth’s Prelude to Act II, ‘On the Cliffs of Cornwall’ from The Wreckers precedes and predicts Britten’s revolutionary operas and is equally as tantalising as it is radiant. Britten’s bravura Piano Concerto, a welcome chance for Steven Osborne to show off his virtuosic flair in the glistening textures and quirky interplay between piano and orchestra. Lastly, an explosive showstopper in the Symphonic Dances – Rachmaninov’s love-letter to his homeland and his final work.

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BBC Philharmonic | 17 June by Smyth, Britten, Rachmaninoff, From (2023/2023), Conductor Ben Glassberg, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom

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