Britten at One

It was lovely to see Trinity Wall Street — not a small church — essentially packed for the second installment of Trinity's epic, ninety-five-work Britten series. Today's concert had the Serenade and Les Illluminations. You can watch a replay on the Trinity website. The soloists are Vale Rideout and Sarah Brailey; Julian Wachner is the conductor. Last week's concert, with Nicholas Phan, is here. The NOVUS NY ensemble gathers many fine young New York freelancers; their account of the Sinfonietta made as persuasive a case for the piece as I've heard.