ILLUMINATIONS

Torino / Wednesday 21 September 2022

Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi / at 09:00 PM

Concert programme by Giulio Castagnoli

Ian Bostridge

Giampaolo Pretto

Tchaikovsky discovered the light of the south in Florence, and from then on, his scores glowed with new warmth. Britten was blown-away when he first read Rimbaud’s Les Illuminations, and wound up writing one of the all-time great vocal masterpieces based on the collection.

Benjamin Britten Les illuminations op. 18

Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino

Ian Bostridge, tenor

Giampaolo Pretto, conductor