The Purcell School: Sounds New - Purcell Room
6 videos • 393 views • by The Purcell School On Sunday 1st March, The Purcell School presented a whole day of stunning music-making in memory of Oliver Knussen, with four concerts given by over 100 outstanding Purcell students, staff, alumni and guests at the Southbank Centre. Oliver was a Purcell student before he became the famous, beloved giant of the music world. These programmes honour his memory and all he did to promote music in the school, in the UK and throughout the world. Three daytime recitals took place in the Purcell Room followed by an orchestral concert in the QEH in the evening, showcasing music with links to Knussen, as well as Beethoven’s 250th anniversary plus Sonya Knussen, the composer’s daughter and a Purcell alumna, narrating Britten’s ‘Young Person’s Guide’. The Purcell School: Sounds New March 1st 2020, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Today’s students pay tribute to the extraordinary life and work of composer Oliver Knussen Programme: Prayer Bell Sketch - Knussen Magdalene Ho - Piano Sextet No. 1 - Original Work by Purcell Student James Sparkes Sofia Matviienko - Flute, Alex Franklin - Oboe, Lily Payne - Clarinet, Lydia Cochrane - Saxophone, Eva Serksnaite - Bassoon, Tyler Hay - Piano Upon One Note - Knussen Lily Payne - Clarinet, Laura Koscielska - Violin, Kokoro Ryu - Cello, Magdalene Ho - Piano Disney Girls - Beach Boys arranged by Simon Bainbridge Lily Payne & So-Hee han - Clarinet, Catherine White & Elsa Rapisarda - Viola, Yena Gook - Cello, Bethany Higgs - Double Bass Bride of the Win - Alissa Firsova Nafis Umerkulova & Pavel Timofeyevsky - Piano Gauze Vespers - Oscar Bettison Conducted by Edward Longstaff, Lily Payne - Clarinet, Lina Jukneviciute - Violin, Emily Henderson - Cello, Beste Gurkey - Percussion, Juliana Niu - Piano