Perth Concert Series: Mark Padmore Sings Britten

Mozart Symphony No.34 Britten Nocturne Lutosławski Paroles Tissées Schumann Symphony No 2 in C major Op 61

Mark Padmore, tenor Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

When night falls, so too does silence – and that’s when music can weave its darkest spells. In the middle of the 20th century, composers Benjamin Britten and Witold Lutosławski were kindred creative spirits, and each crafted ravishing, dream-haunted tapestries of song for a handful of instruments and the tenor voice of Peter Pears.

One of Britain’s greatest living tenors, Mark Padmore, assumes his mantle today at the dark heart of this typically imaginative programme from Ryan Wigglesworth. Mozart opens the evening in a blaze of sunlight, and Schumann’s most personal symphony brings it to a close: strong emotions, spoken with love.

£36.50, £31, £28, £22.50, £16.50; Disabled Concession £19.50, £16.75, £15.25, £12.50 (inc £2.50 booking fee per ticket), £7; Students/Young Scot/Under 26s £6; Under 18s go free

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