Augusta Read Thomas at Wigmore Hall
2nd July 2015
Augusta Read Thomas
Copyright Michael Lutch
Copyright Michael Lutch
While preparing Of Being is a Bird the composer "listened to every recording of Claire Booth I could find and took note of the color of every pitch in her vocal range." The audience can look forward to the triumphant second song where Thomas decided to "show off a different side of Claire Booth's voice and vocal agility." Of Being is a Bird was commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann.
Performance Details
Date: July 7, 2015 | 8:00pm
Performers: Aurora Orchestra with Claire Booth (soprano)
Conductor: Nicholas Collon
Venue: Wigmore Hall, London
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The music of Augusta Read Thomas is nuanced, majestic, elegant, capricious, lyrical, and colorful — "it is boldly considered music that celebrates the sound of the instruments and reaffirms the vitality of orchestral music." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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