Benjamin Britten

In 1954, Benjamin Britten received two recorders as a gift from Carl Dolmetsch. His first composition for this instrument was the quartet "Scherzo" published here for the quartet line-up SATB. It is a...

In 1954, Benjamin Britten received two recorders as a gift from Carl Dolmetsch. His first composition for this instrument was the quartet "Scherzo" published here for the quartet line-up SATB. It is a...

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This opera is the final section of the entertainment for young people called Let`s Make an Opera. The first section of this is in the form of a play and illustrates the preparation and rehearsal of an...

This opera is the final section of the entertainment for young people called Let`s Make an Opera. The first section of this is in the form of a play and illustrates the preparation and rehearsal of an...

Speaker, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

reduction by Benjamin Britten and edited by Imogen Holst

In preparing for publication the 1935 orchestral version of Britten's Te Deum in C, it became clear that there were a number of discrepancies between the manuscript and the original 193 vocal score. S...

Instrumentation: 2.picc.3.3.2.cbsn - 4431 - timp - perc(3): SD/cyms/BD- harp - strings or 2.2.2.1.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(2): SD/cyms/BD -strings

2013 marks Brittens centenary making this year an important one for his music'A Charm of Lullabies' was written in December 1947 for the mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans. Britten was keen to provide the sing...

This was one of several concert pieces that Britten extracted from his 1953 coronation opera, a work which has only received its rightful due in recent years. The opera's dramatic core is the unfoldin...

La música de Henry Purcell ejerció una gran influencia en la producción de Britten. Las numerosas ediciones de Purcell que se conservan en la Biblioteca y Archivo de Britten y Pears en Aldeburgh indic...