Benjamin Britten
Born: 22nd November 1913, Lowestoft
Died: 4th December 1976, Aldeburgh
Nationality: English
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge.
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Recording of the Week,
English Song Recitals from Robin Tritschler and James Gilchrist
Tritschler joins forces with Malcolm Martineau, Sean Shibe and Philip Higham to pay tribute to Peter Pears on Signum, whilst Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook bring unaffected eloquence to a collection of songs by Roger Quilter on Chandos.
Interview,
Robin Tritschler on Songs for Peter Pears
The Irish tenor discusses his tribute to Peter Pears (released last Friday on Signum Classics), which includes song-cycles by Lennox Berkeley, Geoffrey Bush, Arthur Oldham, and of course Pears's life-partner Benjamin Britten.
Popular Genres: Britten
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Chamber
Instrumental
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Choral
Popular Works: Britten
- A Boy was Born, Op. 3 (39)
- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (119)
- A Hymn of Saint Columba (24)
- A Hymn to the Virgin (119)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (40)
- Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32 (28)
- Folksongs Volume 1: British Isles · Folk Songs (25)
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a (54)
- Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 (55)
- Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) (35)
- Lachrymae for viola & piano, Op. 48 (41)
- Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a (30)
- Les illuminations, Op. 18 (56)
- Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63 (36)
- Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 (53)
- Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings (27)
- O Waly, Waly (24)
- Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33b (22)
- Piano Concerto, Op. 13 (22)
- Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (49)
- Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 (48)
- Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (31)
- Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (88)
- Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (44)
- Sinfonietta, Op. 1 (22)
- Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49 (28)
- Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 (55)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (24)
- String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 (26)
- String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 (29)
- Suite for harp in C major, Op. 83 (34)
- Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72 (42)
- Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 (36)
- Suite No. 3 for cello solo, Op. 87 (44)
- Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (27)
- Te Deum in C (29)
- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (98)
- Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (46)
- Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 (41)
- War Requiem, Op. 66 (38)
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