Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).

Born in Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy was Born in 1934. With the premiere of Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to international fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, he wrote "chamber operas" for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modest size. Among the best known of these is The Turn of the Screw (1954). Recurring themes in the operas are the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society, and the corruption of innocence.

Benjamin Britten (train)

The Benjamin Britten was an international train service linking Amsterdam with London.

The train was named after the English composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten.

History

The Benjamin Britten was one of the initial services of the 1987 EuroCity network. It was operated as a boat train, the first part Amsterdam – Hook of Holland by train, the second Hook of Holland – Harwich by boat and the final part, Harwich – London, by train.

The eastbound EC Benjamin Britten and the westbound EC Admiraal de Ruijter had timed connections with the day boats. The return services had timed connections with the night boats.

Each of these trains lost its EuroCity label after one year of service because it did not meet the EuroCity criteria for service quality; sometimes other rolling stock was used and the on-board catering was minimal from the start. However, both trains also remained in the timetable, as InterCity services.

Formation (consist)

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen used three coupled Koplopers between Amsterdam and Hook of Holland. Ferries of Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (the MS Koningin Beatrix) or Sealink (the MS St Nicholas) provided the shipping. British Rail used its most modern InterCity coaches hauled by Class 86 locomotives on the Harwich – London portion.

4 AM

4 AM is a point in time of the 12-hour clock which corresponds to 0400 in the 24-hour clock. 4 AM or 4am may also refer to:

Books

  • 4 a.m. (novel), a novel by Nina de la Mer
  • Music

  • 4AM (AM), a radio station in Atherton, Queensland, Australia
  • 4 AM (band), a Dutch 2006 boy band with members Koen, Jeff, Daan and Xander
  • Songs

  • "4 AM" (Cherry Ghost song), 2007
  • "4 AM" (Melanie Fiona song), 2011 from The MF Life
  • "4 AM" (Our Lady Peace song), 1997 from Clumsy
  • "4 AM" (Scooter song), 2012
  • "4 AM", a 2008 single by Kaskade
  • "4 AM", a 2008 single by Madness from Wonderful
  • "4AM", the debut single by Antemasque
  • "4 AM", Herbie Hancock from Mr. Hands (album) 1980
  • "4 AM", Goapele from Change It All, 2005
  • "4 AM", Sleepy Brown on single "Margarita", 2006
  • "4 AM", Fad Gadget
  • "4Am", a song by Hail Mary Mallon from Bestiary, 2014
  • See also

  • "4 in the Morning", song by Gwen Stefani
  • "It's Four in the Morning", song by Faron Young
  • 3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)

    "3 A.M." (written "3 am" on the album and "3 AM" on the single) is the third single and the third track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You. It topped the Canadian RPM record charts in early 1998.

    Background and content

    This song was written by Rob Thomas, Jay Stanley, John Leslie Goff and Brian Yale while performing together in the early 1990s band Tabitha's Secret. The lyrics are inspired by Thomas as an adolescent having to live with a mother fighting to survive cancer.

    Music video

    The video (directed by Gavin Bowden) features the band sitting on sides of a street next to some telephone booths. A supermarket is also shown. The video switches from color video images to black-and-white images. During the introduction and the third verse of the song, Thomas walks in the middle of the street with some construction signs and lights. During the third verse, a car stops with a bare-chested man and a woman inside. The man walks out, revealing a catheter in his chest, and is handed three cigarettes by Thomas. Finally, during the last two choruses, the band is shown playing their instruments ending with an image of Thomas standing next to the telephone booths.

    11 A.M.

    11 A.M. may refer to:

  • A time on the 12-hour clock
  • 11AM, an Australian TV news program that aired from 1982 to 1999
  • "11AM", a song by Incubus from their 2001 album Morning View
  • 11 A.M., a 2013 South Korean sci-fi film
  • See also

  • 11 O'Clock Tick Tock U2
  • 11 O'Clock film
  • Podcasts:

    Benjamin Britten

    ALBUMS

    War Requiem

    Released 2013

    Peter und der Wolf (feat. conductor: Herbert Kegel, narrator: Rolf Ludwig) / Orchesterführer für junge Leute

    Released 2012

    Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Released 2009

    Musik mit Oboe

    Released 2009

    Pictures at an Exhibition (orch.: M. Ravel) / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Chicago Symphony feat. conductor: Seiji Ozawa)

    Released 2007

    Six Metamorphoses After Ovid: Anatomy of a Masterpiece

    Released 2007

    The Complete Recorder Works of Rubbra and Britten (The Flautadors, Dante Quartet)

    Released 2005

    Choral Music

    Released 2004

    Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes

    Released 2004

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra

    Released 2004

    Elgar: In the South / Walton: Partita / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem

    Released 1999

    Our Hunting Fathers, etc.

    Released 1999

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Released 1997

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Colin Davis)

    Released 1996

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Suite on English Folk Tunes, Johnson over Jordan, Four Sea Interludes (Bournemouth Symplohny Orchestra, feat. conductor: Richard Hickox)

    Released 1993

    Piano Works for the Left Hand (Piano: Leon Fleisher, Boston Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Seiji Ozawa)

    Released 1993

    Albert Herring, Op. 39 (The English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Benjamin Britten)

    Released 1989

    Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Les Illuminations / Lachrymae

    Released 1989

    Born: 1913-11-22

    Died: 1976-12-04

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    This Little Babe

    by: Benjamin Britten

    This little babe
    so few days old
    is come to rifle
    Santan's fold
    All hell doth at
    his presence quake
    though he himself for
    cold do shake
    For in this weak
    un armed wise
    the gates of hell he
    will surprise
    With tears he fights
    and wins the field
    his naked breast stands
    for a shield
    His battering shot
    are babish cries
    his arrows looks of
    weeping eyes
    His martial en sings
    Cold a Need
    and feeble Flesh his
    war rior's steed.
    His camp is pitched
    in a stall
    his bulwark but a
    boken wall
    The crib his trench
    haystalks his stakes
    of shepherds he his
    muster makes
    And thus as sure
    his foe to wound
    the angels trumps
    a la rum sound
    My soul with Christ
    join thou in fight
    stick to the tents
    that he hath pight
    With in his crib
    is surest ward
    This Little Babe
    will be thy guard
    If thou wilt foil
    foes with joy then
    flit not from this




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