Benjamin Britten

2013 marks Britten's centenary making this year largely focused on his music. 'Deo Gracias' (thanks be to God) was one of the carols drawn from texts in 'The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems', which Br...

gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier (Harfe)

Britten's Chorale is a setting of a French carol dating probably from the 17th century, entitled Romancero, although more commonly known as Picardy.

Ursprünglich als Teil des Zyklus Les Illuminations op. 18 komponiert, wurden diese Lieder dann aber vom Komponisten zurückgezogen. Sie wurden von Colin Matthews nach der handschriftlichen Kurzpartitur...

Stimmenset für Oboe, Violine, Viola und Violoncello

This Little Babe, aus A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28, für Kinderchor oder Frauenchor in drei Stimmen und Harfe oder Klavier. Text von Robert Southwell, mit walisischer Übersetzung von Elizabeth und Gera...

Notes on the Production Booklet

This previously unpublished trio was written in late 1929, after Britten composed the Rhapsody For String Quartet (March 1929). The new publication will be edited by David Matthews , who spent 3 years...

. . .has an extraordinary bleakness, like cold stone in winter sunlight. The instruments, mainly strings and percussion, are systematically drained of color, yet the final moments offer some of the mo...

Scored for Tenor Solo, SATB Chorus, SA Semi-Chorus, 4 Boy Singers and String Orchestra, Piano Duet, Percussion and Organ.

A committed pacifist born into a renowned military family is met with a torrent of disapproval over his beliefs yet desperate to keep the love of his would-be bride, Owen is determined to prove his in...

Of all the parables in the New Testament none has had quite such a universal and ever-renewed appeal as that of the Prodigal Son. With its unforgettable climax of reward and rejoicing being lavished n...

Summons to Venice - Overture to Venice - First Beach Scene - Sight of Tadzio - 'I Love You' - Pursuit - Second Beach Scene and Death, arranged and compiled by Steuart Bedford

Concert version of the radio drama The Rescue (1943) prepared by Christopher de Souza in association with Donald Mitchell and Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).asax.2 - 4331 - ti...

Vocal score to Benjamin Britten's The Rescue of Penleope , for narrator, four solo voices and orchestra. The concert version of the radio drama The Rescue (1943) prepared by Christopher de Souza i...

It is hard to believe that Benjamin Britten was 16 when he wrote the Quartettino, such is the skill and intellectual command. Peter Stadlen, The Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1983

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