Benjamin Britten

Britten's Suite Op.6 for Violin and Piano was composed during 1934-35 and the first performance of the complete work was given in March 1936 as part of a BBC broadcast. Three pieces from the original Suite are presented here - March Lullaby and Waltz.

2013 marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and major celebrations are planned across the world making this the widest ever global celebration of a British composer. The previously unpublished Two Pieces were written in late 1929 after Britten composed the Rhapsody For String Quartet (March 1929). The new publication will be edited by David Matt hews who spent three years as an assistant to Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh in the late 1960’s.