Benjamin Britten

Britten's Two Portraits for strings - the composer himself called them 'Sketches' - were composed in August and September 1930, during the summer holidays preceding the sixteen-year-old composer's fir...

Benjamin Brittens Suite op. 6 für Violine und Klavier wurde während der Jahre 1934-35 komponiert. Die erste Aufführung des kompletten Werkes fand am 13. März 1936 als Teil einer BBC-Ausstrahlung mit A...

Michael Hurd. A major series of titles containing clear and concise accounts of the lives and music of some of the great composers. Written by leading authorities, they give students a background suff...

This familiar standard by English composer Benjamin Britten has become one of the classic introductions to the sights and sounds of the orchestra for young people. Enhance music appreciation and explo...

A shortened version of Purcell's Fairy Queen for concert performance devised by Peter Pears, with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Edited and realized by Benj...

Um Mitternacht, written by Benjamin Britten with words by JW von Goethe, includes an English translation by Andrew Porter. Taken from 'The Red Cockatoo & Other Songs'. Arranged for low/medium voice an...

A lively setting using the popular I Saw Three Ships text. The choral writing depicts the fresh bracing sonorities of bells.

Anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir from Britten's dramatic cantata The Company of Heaven.

A perfect example of the young Britten's masterful vocal writing in a Christmas choral suite destined to become a major repertoire work. Includes Christ's Nativity, Sweet was the Song, Preparations, N...

Choral Variations for unaccompanied* SATB with boys' voices Texts:Theme A Boy was Born Anon. 16th century Variation 1 Lullay, Jesu Anon. before 1536 Variation 2 Herod Anon. before 1529 Variation 3 Jes...

Choral Variations for unaccompanied SATB with boys' voices. The extent of Britten's early genius can, to some extent, be measured by thiswork. Written while a student at the Royal College of Music age...

for SATB unaccompanied (including SATB solos) Text: W. H. Auden Publisher: Novello (published in Sing Nowell carol collection) Difficulty level: 1 While Britten and Auden were living in the United Sta...

The songs are tender, touching, beguilingly beautiful. John van Rhein, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 1983, Klavierauszug, Original für High Voice and Small Orchestra, Instrumentation: 2.1.2.bcl.2 - 4000 - p...