The Torturer’s Horse

Nash Ensemble under Lionel Friend, with Claire Booth (soprano) and Mark Padmore (tenor), flautist Philippa Davies and Richard Watkins, horn. Debussy's 'Syrinx' for solo flute; Bennett's Sonata after 'Syrinx' for flute, viola and harp; Holt's 'The Torturer's Horse' for string sextet (world premiere – commissioned by the Nash Ensemble with funds provided by Wigmore Hall and the PRS for Music Foundation); M Berkeley's New work for soprano and ensemble (world premiere); D Matthews's Horn Quintet (world premiere); Turnage's 'A Constant Obsession' for tenor and eight players. (Note: at 6pm, a pre-concert talk in which Anthony Burton chats with the composers of the evening concert; free.)