Synopsis

The evening’s concert marks the 50th birthday of Glasgow-born composer Oliver Knussen with a presentation of his two operas for children, inspired by Maurice Sendak's beloved picture books, *Higglety, Pigglety, Pop!* and *Where the Wild Things Are*. Knussen himself conducts the London Sinfonietta, for which he serves as music director, alongside a distinguished assembly of singers including soprano Rosemary Hardy, mezzo-soprano Mary King, and bass-baritone David Wilson-Johnson. The performance w