Benjamin Britten

Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is the first of three Church Parables by Benjamin Britten. The work is based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidagawa (Sumida River) of Juro Motomas...

These Christmas carols have become contemporary classics. 'The serene Sweet was the Song' contrasts with a moving lament on the hardships of Christmas, 'A Wealdon Trio', and a memorable setting of Har...

Britten's last completed work, written for young people's chorus and orchestra, is in five short sections: March, Roundel and Canon for orchestra and choir, and Jig and Modulation for orchestra alone.

Britten's setting of Edith Sitwell's poem 'Praise We Great Men', was left unfinished at his death. It was being written for Mstislav Rostrpovich to include in his first season with the National Sympho...

These part-songs were the first of Britten's works to be published. In 1932 Britten showed the pieces to John Ireland during discussions about proofs and possible transpositions. First called Three S...

The Ride-By-Nights by Benjamin Britten for 2-part boys' or women's voices and Piano. From Three Two-part Songs.

The Rainbow by Benjamin Britten for 2-part boys' or women's voices and piano from Three Two-part Songs.

The Ship Of Rio by Benjamin Britten for 2-part boys' or women's voices and piano from Three Two-part Songs.

Britten's Jubilate is arranged for SATB choir and Organ accompaniment. Benjamin Britten's birthday (22nd November 1913, Lowestoft) falls on St. Cecilia's Day, a happy augury for the career of one of B...

This Venite, found among his unpublished works after Britten's death, was evidently composed at the same time as his Jubilate Deo in C major, written in 1961 at the request of H. R. H. The Duke Of Edi...

These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but, despite encouragement from Ireland, Vaughan Williams and H...

In E Flat - SATB Accompanied The lesser known of Britten's settings of Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo was intended as a companion piece to the Te Deum in C, and is an exuberant, joyful sing. The piece remain...

These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but, despite encouragement from Ireland, Vaughan Williams and H...

The Building of the House was written for the inaugural concert of the new Maltings concert hall, Snape at the 20th Aldeburgh festival. Instrumentation: 3 fl.2 ob.Ebcl.3 cl.acl.bcl.2 asax.tsax.bsax.2...

A lively and rousing concert opener written for the opening concert of the celebrated Snape Maltings concert hal,l arranged here for wind band by Thad Marciniak. Performable with or without chorus, Br...

A lively and rousing concert opener written for the opening concert of the celebrated Snape Maltings concert hal,l arranged here for wind band by Thad Marciniak. Performable with or without chorus, Br...

Britten's critically acclaimed opera Peter Grimes was first performed in 1945 and has become a part of the standard repertoire. Additionally, the orchestral concert suite Four Sea Interludes is freque...

Written between 1923 and 1925, these 10 waltzes were written in Britten's childhood and in publishing them the composer intended that they would be used particularly by the young or the inexperienced...