12 of Britten's distinctive folksong arrangements chosen specifically for student singers. Includes The Ash Grove; Early One Morning; Greensleeves; O Waly Waly; Sail on sail on; The Salley Gardens; Sweet Polly Oliver and There's none to soothe.Includes historical notes and CD with performances and Piano accompaniments for all the pieces.

This work was originally written in 1964 for two 12 year old twin brothers whom Britten met whilst working in Budapest. Each twin played the piano and one the flute and the other the violin. A second version has been prepared for those who may not be quite so versatile as the twins for whom it was originally intended and includes a version for four players with extra ad lib. passages for the Flute and Violin so they should not become bored by the long waits. This edition combines both versions with the additional passages in brackets and in small type in the score.

A second collection of beautiful folk songs for Medium Voice and Piano Accompaniment arranged by Benjamin Britten. All 8 songs include both the original French text and the English translation.

/ Tenor Solo, Choeur Mixte (SATB), Choeur De Femmes (SA), 4 Voix De Garçons, Orchestre A Cordes, Piano (4 mains) Et Percussions

The opera from Lets make an Opera. An Entertainment for Young People-(Full score). Britten B

This musical work Moderato And Nocturne is from the rejected work Sonatina Romantica. Although Britten himself rejected the whole work his Trustees felt that the first 2 movements (the Moderato And Nocturne) have both 'character and charm' and could play an inportant and useful role in teaching pieces.

For Violin Viola and Piano (Reduced from the orchestra version). Britten was so remarkably prolific as a young composer that many of the works from his teens were put aside to await revision or completion as he rushed on tothe next piece. This was particularly the case around the time of his Opus 1 Sinfonietta composed in the summer of 1932 his second year as a student at the Royal College Of Music.The Sinfonietta waswritten (in less than three weeks) very soon after Britten had completed the first draft of the Double Concerto; but after finishing the Sinfonietta he went back to revise the Concerto's second movement. He started workon his Op.2 Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio a few weeks later.Although the Concerto follows the same three-movement pattern as the Sinfonietta it is more ambitious in scale; and since the sketchis unusually for Britten complete in practically every detail it is puzzling that he never made a full score of the work after finishing the composition and seems to have made no attempt to get it performed. It is not clear ifhe had particular performers in mind (he was of course a Viola player although he is not likely to have intended the part for himself). He showed the work to his composition teacher at the college John Ireland who as Brittenrecorded in his diary was 'pretty pleased' with it; but it is distinctly possible that his experience in rehearsing the Sinfonietta with a student orchestra in 1932 ('I have never heard such an appalling row!' readsanother diary entry) discouraged him from going on to complete the Double Concerto in score. He was not to hear any of his orchestral works until the first performance of Our Hunting Fathers in 1936.In theabsence of Britten's full score it was necessary for me to prepare the work from the sketch. But the instrumentation is so carefully indicated in the draft that the resulting score is not far from being 100% Britten - only between