South America Tour, 2-7 May 2007

Britten Sinfonia's first inter-continental tour takes us to three Latin American countries: Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

Teaming music by South American and British composers with Bach and Stravinsky, the two touring programmes are a typical Britten Sinfonia mix of the old and new. Joanna MacGregor directs the orchestra from the piano in James MacMillan's whirlwind-like second piano concerto (which we premiered with Joanna in 2004) as well as her own arrangements of Egberto Gismonti pieces and Dowland 's heart-rending lute songs. We also play music by Argentinian-born, Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov.