Bostridge, Bloxham & Goldscheider

British Music for Strings

With British conductor Jonathan Bloxham at the podium, this program takes us to the British Isles, where we encounter three defining figures of the local music scene: the Baroque composer Henry Purcell, celebrated as «Orpheus Britannicus»; the great innovator Benjamin Britten; and Anna Clyne, arguably the most important voice in contemporary British music. Benjamin Britten was regarded as a kind of spiritual heir to Purcell. With his Serenade, Op. 31—resonating with his Baroque predecessors like a distant echo—he turned for the first time to setting the English language to music, weaving six poems by British authors from different eras into a highly emotional song cycle for tenor, horn, and string orchestra. We are pleased to welcome tenor Ian Bostridge, one of the most profound experts on Britten’s Serenade, while the young British musician Ben Goldscheider, as horn soloist, takes on the role of the ambivalent interlocutor and admonishing echo. Goldscheider is also the soloist in the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s horn concerto *Sirens*.

Photo: Ian Bostridge © Marco Borggreve

Date and time
24/11/2026 19:30

Address
Tonhalle Zurich

Organizer
Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Works
Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge. Suite, Z 570; Anna Clyne: Sirens for horn and string orchestra (Swiss premiere); Henry Purcell: Suite from Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 / Z 730; Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and String Orchestra, Op. 31

Management
Jonathan Bloxham (Director)

Soloists
Ian Bostridge (tenor); Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Admission price
CHF 120 / 110 / 95 / 65 / 40

Contact us
Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Phone: +41 (0)44 552 59 00, Email: tickets@zko.ch

Website
https://zko.ch/events/bostridge-bloxham-goldscheider/