Benjamin Britten

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Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Britten began composing his Quatre chansons francaises in June 1928 and had finished the full score by August of that year, before his 15th birthday. The songs reflect the impact of his lessons with Frank Bridge, which had begun in the autumn of 1927, and he dedicated the work, which was among the most ambitious of his compositions at this time, to his parents, on the occasion of their 27th wedding anniversary. There was no performance of the songs until 1980./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Benjamin Britten's 1937 composition, The Company Of Heaven is a dramatic work of considerable substance, from which individual movements may be performed separately as anthems or concert works. The work sets a variety of texts from authors as varied as John Ruskin, Francis Thompson, Christina Rossetti, Blake and Bunyan./ Répertoire / Conducteur

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 from Grieg'sPeer Gynt music and a contemporary dance band. Not all of the present score was used - No. 3 Brighton was omitted and cuts were made in nos. 5 and 6. In the latter a savage cut deleted the references to themusic of the other numbers in bars 13-20 including the trombone's scale which alludes to a scene in which a child practices the piano unseen. Britten was not happy with the way his music was used and this was to remain hisonly work for the commercial cinema composed in 1936.

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. The Full Score for Benjamin Britten's Young Apollo Op.16 . For Piano and string Orchestra this is a radiant, expressive, characterful and dramatic work that signified Britten's return to tonality and a fresh approach to his composition. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Conducteur

from Gloriana-Gloriana Britten's sixth opera was commissioned by Covent Garden to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. The libretto was by William Plomer.The Courtly Dances appear in the third scene of Act II.From the Opera's music Britten subsequently compiled a Symphonic Suite Op.53A. Published by Boosey & Hawkes the full score score and parts and piano conductor score are available now.

Britten's Irish Reel was composed in 1936 as title music for a documentary film made by Marion Grierson and Evelyn Spice. Around the Village Green was made for the Travel and Industrial Development Association, which explored the changes to rural life in East Anglia after the increased mechanisation of agriculture. In his incidental music, Britten incorporated a riotous medley of folk songs and other traditional tunes (including 'Early One Morning', 'The Vocar of Bray', and Sheild's 'The Plough Boy'), many of which were suggested to him by the Norfolk-based composer E.J.Moeran.

Britten's Irish Reel was composed in 1936 as title music for a documentary film made by Marion Grierson and Evelyn Spice. Around the Village Green was made for the Travel and Industrial Development Association which explored the changes to rural life in East Anglia after the increased mechanisation of agriculture. In his incidental music Britten incorporated a riotous medley of folk songs and other traditional tunes (including 'Early One Morning' 'The Vocar of Bray' and Sheild's 'The Plough Boy') many of which were suggested to him by the Norfolk-based composer E.J.Moeran.

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Matinées Musicales Soirées Musicales The Courtly Dances from Gloriana / Format poche / Boosey and Hawkes

The cantata of St. Nicholas Op.42 by Benjamin Britten was written for the centenary celebrations of Lancing College Sussex in 1948.This Hawkes Pocket Score is an authoritative edition ideal for performance preparation or academic study.