Benjamin

George Benjamin Pierre-Laurent Aimard Nikolai Obukhov Révélation Pierre Boulez Piano Sonata No. 1 George Benjamin Shadowlines for Piano Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin for Piano George Benjamin Divisions for Piano Four Hands The final concert of the season dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Pierre Boulez’s birth features the revolutionary First Piano Sonata of 1946, one of the composer’s major early works. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, long considered to be among the most erudite performers of Boulez’s music, is joined by George Benjamin for this extraordinary program. Together, the two artists present the world premiere of Divisions, a new piece for piano four hands written by Benjamin specifically for the occasion. Aimard also performs Benjamin’s Shadowlines as well as works by Nikolai Obukhov and Maurice Ravel. ...

George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill DOX. Saturday, May 31, 2025 Ensemble Modern, Franck Olu Oliver Knussen Songs without Voices Slavomír Hořínka Zrno, plevy a oheň George Benjamin Into the Little Hill Ensemble Modern Franck Ollu dirigent Jennifer France soprán Helena Rasker mezzosoprán George Benjamin je bohužel indisponován a musel od svého pražskojarního angažmá odstoupit. Místo něj převezme dirigentskou taktovku Franck Ollu. George Benjamin se nicméně zúčastní rozhovoru 30. května s Josefem Třeštíkem prostřednictvím videohovoru. ...

music George Benjamin musical direction George Benjamin libretto Martin Crimp direction Katie Mitchell set design, costume Vicki Mortimer light design James Farncombe director of movement Joseph Alford orchestra Radio Philharmonic Orchestra soloists Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Gyula Orendt, Peter Hoare, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Jennifer France, Krisztina Szabo, Samuel Boden production Dutch National Opera coproduction Dutch National Opera (London), Royal Opera House - Covent Garden (London) (London), Hamburgische Staatsoper (London), Lyric Opera (London), Opera national de Lyon (London) After the overwhelming success of Written on Skin in the 2012/13 season at the Dutch National Opera, British composer George Benjamin returns with Lessons in Love and Violence, his long- ...

Company The Royal Opera Inscenation Katie Mitchell Venue Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Conductor George Benjamin Concert Master Vasko Vassilev Angle 2/Marie Victoria Simmonds Angle 3/John Mark Padmore Angel 1/The Boy Iestyn Davies The Protector A Landowner Christopher Purves Agnès His wife Barbara Hannigan The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House An outstanding development in playwright Martin Crimp’s later career is his writing of texts for contemporary operas by George Benjamin, one of the leading composers of his generation: Written on Skin, a full-length opera, opened at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2012 in a superb production directed by Katie Mitchell. Now it is visiting London. ...