Benjamin on Walse

George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, Maurice Ravel

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Into the Little Hill

Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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.

George Benjamin Lessons in Love and Violence

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000


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-

George Benjamin Written on Skin

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000


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.