Sunday, 8 November 2009 at 7.00pm City Halls, Glasgow

Peter Maxwell Davies at 75

TAVERNER Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

John Taverner Daniel Norman (tenor) Richard Taverner Richard Angas (bass) Cardinal/Archbishop Martyn Hill (tenor) King/Archangel Michael/Captain Stephen Richardson (bass) Jester/Death David Wilson-Johnson (bass) White Abbot Roderick Williams (bass) Priest/God Andrew Watts (counter-tenor) Boy Michael Yeoman (treble) Antichrist/Second Monk Stephen Jeffes (spoken/tenor) Archangel Gabriel/First Monk Christopher Bowen (tenor) Rose/Virgin Mary Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Chamber Choir and University of Glasgow Chapel Choir Oliver Rundell and James Grossmith chorus masters

RSNO Junior Chorus Christopher Bell chorus master

Martyn Brabbins conductor Welcome to City Halls for this concert performance of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s iconic morality opera Taverner – a mighty climax to Glasgow’sGlasgow’s celebrationscelebrations fforor ‘Max‘Max atat 75’.75’. The opera,opera, begunbegun in 1956 and in gestation for some 16 years, was premiered in London in 1972, and today is considered by many to be one of the composer’s greatest creations – a seminal dramatic work in Max’s life. For this evening’s performance, we are delighted to bring together the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a cast featuring the best of Britain’s vocal talent, combined choirs from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, University of Glasgow and the RSNO Junior Chorus, all led by one of the UK’s leading exponents of Max’s music, the conductor Martyn Brabbins. We hope you enjoy the evening.

Tonight’s concert performance of Taverner is being recorded forfor broadcast in Opera on 3 on Saturday 28 November at 6.00pm.

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PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL MOBILE TELEPHONES AND DIGITAL ALARMS ARE SWITCHED OFF.

Please keep coughs and sneezes well muffl ed ~ thank you. The use of cameras, video or sound-recording equipment is prohibited. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in performance.

The performance will run for approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including an interval.

Opera on 3 is BBC Radio 3’s weekly slot for recordings and occasional live transmissions from the UK opera companies including the Royal Opera House, English National Opera and Opera North and also for live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This season’s programme includes operas from Handel to Maxwell Davies. Opera on 3 is broadcast on Saturdays at 6.00pm.