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Libretto by William Plomer, after Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey. Premiered on 8 June 1953 at the Royal Opera House, London. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Opera in a prologue and two acts, 101'. Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Henry James.
The founding composer of Faber Music, Benjamin Britten is a central figure in this history of British music. Blessed with tremendous imagination and facility he composed across all genres, though vocal music was always a central preoccupation. One of Britten's greatest achievements was the reinvigoration of the English-language opera tradition ...
TitleYearDescriptionDurationOwen Wingrave (Chamber Reduction)2007Reduced orchestration106Movements for a Clarinet Concerto2007Britten, devised and orchestrated by ...17Welcome Suite1994string ensemble6Temporal Variations1993oboe & string orchestra15Benjamin Britten. Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) 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 ...
Jun 22, 2013 · Britten: The Complete Works – review. (Decca) Nicholas Kenyon. Sat 22 Jun 2013 19.01 EDT. B enjamin Britten was intensely interested in, some would say obsessed by, the performance of his own ...
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Benjamin Britten. (born Lowestoft 22 November 1913; died Aldeburgh 4 December 1976) The most remarkable English composer of the post-war period, Edward Benjamin Britten changed the face of British opera and composed some of this century’s most-loved choral works. Renowned for his emotive and accessible compositions, Britten’s works range ...
Sir Peter Pears (born June 22, 1910, Farnham, Surrey, England—died April 3, 1986, Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British tenor, a singer of outstanding skill and subtlety who was closely associated with the works of Sir Benjamin Britten. He received a knighthood in 1977. Pears studied at the University of Oxford, at the Royal College of Music, and ...
