Benjamin Britten

Pan (who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved) Phaeton (who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt) Niobe (who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain) Bacchus (at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys) Narcissus (who fell in love with his own image and became a flower) Arethusa (who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river got, was turned into a fountain)

After composing the unconventional but highly successful Night Piece (Notturno) for the inaugural Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood, the competition's co-founder along with Dame Fanny Waterman, asked Britten to write a further piece for the 1966 contest. He began a set of variations in the autumn of 1965, but the manuscript breaks off just before the end of the sixth of what appear to have been intended to be at least ten variations. Here, in Variations (1965) for Piano , Colin Matthews concludes the sixth variation and you can purchase the piano score, which includes a facsimile reproduction of the first page of Britten's original manuscript.

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

A Shepherd’s Carol was written for a BBC feature programme Poet’s Christmas produced by Edward Sackville-West. It was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1944 by the BBC Home Service sung by the BBC Singers and conducted by Leslie Woodgate. The chorus is one of the two portions set by Britten of W.H.Auden’s A Christmas Oratorio the complete text of which was later published as For the Time Being. It was withdrawn by the composer after the first performance not to be heard again until 1961.

Stringsets. Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Benjamin Britten's last completed composition, Welcome Ode was originally written for school choir and orchestra. The three movements - Jig, Roundel and Canon, here transcribed for strings (score and parts), form the Welcome Suite which ensembles familiar with Britten's earlier Simple Symphony will find equally challenging and rewarding./ Répertoire / Cordes

Cette nouvelle sélection de 13 solos et trois duos pour divers types de voix rend réalisations distinctives de Britten, qui, en dehors de la partie vocale, n'ont jamais été publiées, disponible à un prix abordable. Inclut préface d'articles et de tracer des notes. Il s'agit de versions vives et animées de l'originales tunes colorés. / 1 Ou 2 Voix Et Piano