F. Laperleaux

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...

Britten's last opera, Death In Venice , is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the ageing novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he sees o...

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...

Dieses Werk wurde mir anlässlich meines 80. Geburtstags (11. November 1997) bestellt. 1996 komponiert, bestehend aus 3 Sätzen in Form von Ehrungen: 1) "Hommage à I'Interprete" (Zu Ehren des Interprete...

Dieses Werk wurde mir anlässlich meines 80. Geburtstags (11. November 1997) bestellt. 1996 komponiert, bestehend aus 3 Sätzen in Form von Ehrungen: 1) "Hommage à I'Interprete" (Zu Ehren des Interprete...

15 brass, strings, harp, piano and percussions Genaue Besetzung: 0.0.0.0 - 6.4.4.1 - harp, piano, percussion - strings

2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0. - Pauken, Schlagzeug (1), Streicher

Symphony Orchestra Genaue Besetzung: 3(picc).3(eh).3(bcl.)3(cbs).4sax - 4.4.4.1. - timpani, percussion (4), harp, strings A notable characteristic of this symphony is the addition of a saxophone quart...

Love from a Stranger was a 'thriller' starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone, based on an Agatha Christie short story, Philomel Cottage. As well as Britten's score, the film also included excerpts fr...

Britten was so remarkably prolific as a young composer that many of the works from his teens were put aside to await revision or completion as he rushed on to the next piece. This was particularly the...

The first broadcast of the incidental music for D. G. Bridson's radio drama, King Arthur was given on 23rd April (St. George's Day) 1937. The first performance of this Suite for Orchestra was given on...

This concert version has been prepared by Donald Mitchell for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone soloists, 1 or 2 speakers, SATB choir and Orchestra. The text has been compiled by R. Ellis Roberts. Th...

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...

Livia , mein zweites Werk für Gitarre, schrieb ich für Maria Livia São Marcos. Die brasilianische klassische Gitarristin mit internationalem Ruf hatte sich in der Schweiz in Genf niedergelassen, wo si...

Livia , mein zweites Werk für Gitarre, schrieb ich für Maria Livia São Marcos. Die brasilianische klassische Gitarristin mit internationalem Ruf hatte sich in der Schweiz in Genf niedergelassen, wo si...

Pour choeur de femmes et orgue.

Pour choeur de femmes et orgue.

La Cloche Que d'une voix triste, que d'une voix douce la cloche ébranle les airs, autant de murmures elle renvoie une fois mise en mouvement, autant de répliques lui donne notre coeur agité de sentime...

La Cloche Que d'une voix triste, que d'une voix douce la cloche ébranle les airs, autant de murmures elle renvoie une fois mise en mouvement, autant de répliques lui donne notre coeur agité de sentime...

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.

Motette für doppelten gemischten Chor SATB Das 'Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne unter der Leitung von Michel Corboz, das LORD am 10. Februar 2000 uraufgeführt hat, baut auf drei Sätzen auf. Der erste Satz...