Benjamin Britten

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this set...

Vocal Range: b-f''The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 6)

Hohe Singstimme und Streichorchester

This arrangement of a song from Britten's 1953 opera 'Gloriana' dates from 1957. It was recorded by Peter Pears and Julian Bream and often included in their recital programmes. This exquisite arrangem...

'A Charm of Lullabies' was written in December 1947 for the mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans. Keen to provide her with a work for her recital programmes, Britten was helped in the choice of texts for 'A Char...

English translation by Elizabeth Mayer and Peter Pears

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8).

Editors' annotations:This edition is not the work of musicologists and therefore the solution of problems such as ornamentation has not been attempted. Most singers today are either unwilling or unabl...

The thirteen songs contained in this volume were originally published as Seven Songs form Orpheus Britannicus and Sic Songs form Orpheus Britannicus.