Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten (left) with Lennox Berkeley, 1960. Used by kind permission of Lady Freda Berkeley.
Benjamin Britten
A Bio-Bibliography
Stewart R. Craggs
Bio-Bibliographies in Music, Number 87 Donald L. Hixon, Series Adviser
GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Craggs, Stewart R. Benjamin Britten : abio-bibliography / Stewart R. Craggs. p. cm.(Bio-bibliographies in music, ISSN 0742-69G8 ; no. 87) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. Discography: p. ISBN0-313-29531-X(alk. paper) 1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976Bibliography. 2. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976Discography. I. Title. II. Series. ML134.B85 C73 2002 780'.92dc21 2001033587 [B] British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright 2002 by Stewart R. Craggs All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001033587 ISBN: 0-313-29531-X ISSN: 0742-6968 First published in 2002 Greenwood Press. 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 0688 1 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Biography Works and Performances: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. Discography: Bibliography Appendix A: Appendix B: Index Alphabetical List of Compositions Chronological List of Compositions Operas Ballets Orchestral Works Chamber and Solo Instrumental Music Choral Music Songs Church Parables Film Music Incidental Music Arrangements, Editions and Realizations of Works by Other Composers Britten on Compact Disc ix xi xiii 1 9 11 22 22 33 48 67 86 88 95 112 121 159 253 265 277
Preface
Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of his time whose music ranged across a wide spectrum of forms from opera and ballet through orchestral and chamber music to film and incidental music. He is therefore a most appropriate subject for the Greenwood Press bio-bibliography series. In keeping with the intent of this series, this book is intended as a guide to resources for those wishing to do further research. No claim is made to comprehensiveness: even unannotated citation of all the reviews, interviews and articles on Benjamin Britten would produce too long a volume. This volume is arranged in the following manner: 1) A brief Biography of Benjamin Britten which is intended to give a broad outline of the composer's life. A fulllength biography was written by Humphrey Carpenter in 1992, and the "official" biography by Donald Mitchell, who was chosen by the composer as his biographer, is still to come. A list of Works and Performances, arranged by genre and then alphabetically by title, with a description of each work and information on publication and first performance(s). Details of derived works and arrangements follow the original work. All works with references in the Bibliography are then followed by the relevant bibliography citation numbers.
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x Preface 3) A select Discography containing details of recordings of Britten's compositions on compact disc. Arrangement is by date of re\iew from Gramophone with relevant citations supplied. A Bibliography, arranged alphabetically by author, then by title oi' the article, which contains articles, books, dissertations and reviews. It is intended for use with the list of Works and Performances: for articles concerning a particular work, consult the "SEE" listings in each entry. Summaries have been kept brief, or dispensed with altogether, so that many references can be included in the limited space available. A small selection of articles, programme notes, etc. by the composer are also included. Alphabetical and Chronological Lists of Britten's works. An Index of references to persons and organisations.
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Acknowledgements
I am indebted to a number of people for their kind assistance in the preparation of this book: Jacqueline Kavanagh and Gwyniver Jones of the BBC Written Archives Centre, Caversham; Mrs. Jane Moore, Sunderland University Library; Miss Rosamunde Strode, former archivist at the BrittenPears Library, Aldeburgh; Dr. Philip Reed, former musicologist at the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh; Dr. John Dressier of the University of Murray, Kentucky; Tom Tillery, ROH Archives; Lady Berkeley for kindly supplying me with the photograph of Britten used as the frontispiece; Jan Thompson for producing a magnificently typed manuscript and Linda Gowans for helping with the proofs.
Abbreviations
arr. bar. B.B.C. cl. comp. contr. ed. E.N.O. E.O.G. gtr. hn. hp. I.C.A. I.S.C.M. mez. ob. orch. org. pf Pub. realiz. rev. R.O.H. S.A.T.B. sop. S.P.N.M. ten. U.K. U.N. va. vc. vn. W.N.O. arranged baritone British Broadcasting Corporation clarinet compiler contralto edited/edition English National Opera English Opera Group guitar horn harp Institute for Contemporary Art International Society for Contemporary b mezzo soprano oboe orchestrated organ pianoforte Publisher realized revised Royal Opera House soprano, alto, tenor, bass soprano Society for the Promotion of New Music tenor United Kingdom United Nations viola violoncello violin Welsh National Opera
Biography
Edward Benjamin Britten was born at 21 Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, on St Cecilia's Day, 22 November 1913. He was the fourth and youngest child of Robert Victor Britten, a dentist, and his wife Edith who played the piano and sang. She gave her son his first piano lessons at the age of five when he also began to "compose." Two years later, it was felt that he needed more advanced tuition and so acquired a new teacher, Miss Ethel Astle who, with her sister, ran a small pre-preparatory school, Southolme, to which Britten was sent. Later, at the age often he entered South Lodge, a preparatory school, and began learning the viola with Mrs Audrey Alston at Norwich. By 1926 he had passed the Associated Board Grade VII piano examinations with honours, and was continuing to compose prolifically. He was also introduced to Frank Bridge who agreed to take him as a private pupil. For the next three years Britten was Bridge's only pupil, visiting him for lessons during school holidays, either in London or at Friston, near Eastbourne. Britten also began visiting Harold Samuel in London for piano lessons on Bridge's recommendation. In the autumn of 1928, he entered Gresham School at Holt in Norfolk where he remained until July 1930. In May of that year, Britten submitted a number of his compositions to the Royal College of Music in London. The following month he was invited to London to sit a written paper and undergo an oral examination by Ralph Vaugham Williams, John Ireland and S. P. Waddington. As a result, he was offered a scholarship and entered the College on 22 September 1930. Britten's composition teacher at the Royal College of Music was John Ireland (1879-1962), and his piano teacher Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960). When not having lessons, Britten worked on his exercises for Ireland, practised the piano and composed. He also became an avid concert-goer in London and subsequently acquainted with much unfamiliar and new music.
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He was awarded the Ernest Farrar Prize for composition twice during his three years at the college as well as the Sullivan Prize and the Cobbett Prize for chamber music. However he failed on two occasions to win the much more valuable Mendelssohn Scholarship. At the same time, his name and music were becoming known. For example, both the Phantasy Quintet (W58) and a set of three part-songs with texts by Walter de la Mare (W130) were performed at a Macnaghten/Lemare concert in December 1932. These songs were accepted by the Music Department of Oxford University Press and became his first published compositions. Another work, the Sinfonietta for 10 instruments (Opus 1) (W32) was heard at the same concert series early the following year. In the summer of 1933, Britten graduated from the Royal College of Music and returned to Lowestoft. He was determined to make a living from writing music and by the spring of 1935 was working for the GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit. This brought him into contact with such people as film directors Paul Rotha and Basil Wright, the painter William Coldstream and the poet W.H. Auden. By the end of 1935 Britten had written eleven short film scores apart from three scores for the Gas Association and incidental music for Timon of Athens (W281) and Easter 1916 (W258), a play by Montagu Slater. From 1936 to 1938 he was to write almost fifty scores for the cinema (mostly documentary with only one feature film), theatre and radio (all commissioned by the BBC). Apart from all this activity Britten also continued to compose for the concert hall. Our Hunting Fathers (W175) was commissioned by the 1936 Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Festival for which Auden prepared the text. He also co-operated with the composer Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) and wrote the suite Mont Juic (W24) which was performed at the 1936 ISCM Festival in Barcelona, Spain. Early in 1937, Britten made the acquaintance of the tenor Peter Pears with whom he was eventually to spend the rest of his life and whose voice was to inspire many works. A setting of lines from Emily Bronte's poem "A Day Dream" for tenor and strings, which appeared in The Company of Heaven (W252), radio incidental music first broadcast by the BBC on 29 September 1937, is almost certainly the very first vocal music that Britten composed with Pears' voice in mind. W. H. Auden had already gone to America early in 1939 and had decided to apply for American citizenship. One of his reasons was the deteriorating political situation in Europe which grew graver as the year progressed. Britten and Pears decided to follow but first they went to Canada. Two of Britten's works which date from this period are the Violin Concerto (W19) and Canadian Carnival (W15) which is a setting of certain Canadian folk songs. Pears had some friends (Dr. William Mayer and his wife Elisabeth who had left Germany after the rise of the Nazis) living at Amityville on Long Island and they were invited to stay there which they did for almost
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two years. Britten also renewed his friendship with Aaron Copland. It was here that Les Illuminations (W166) was completed, and the Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (W185) written for Pears to sing. Another important work from this period is the Sinfonia da Requiem (W31) which was commissioned by the Japanese government, and dedicated to the memory of his parents. Britten also embarked on his first major stage work and by the end of 1939 it seems that he was working with Auden on Paul Bunyan (W9), a work which was performed every night for a week at Columbia University and then forgotten until the very end of Britten's life. After the musical's brief run, Britten and Pears moved to California to stay with the piano duo Ethel Bartlet and Rae Robertson. On their return to Amityville, Britten received a commission from Artur Rodzinski and the Cleveland Orchestra for an orchestral work. An Occasional Overture (W14) was the result, which was later renamed "An American Overture" to avoid confusion with another work written in 1946 for the BBC. It was in California that Britten came across a second-hand copy of George Crabbe's poems in a Los Angeles bookshop in July 1941, and at the same time he read an article by E. M. Forster in the BBC's magazine The Listener about Crabbe and Suffolk. He decided that he must return to England as soon as possible, but had to wait for almost six months before he and Peter Pears could get a passage on a Swedish boat. Britten was however able to go to Boston on 2 January 1942 for a performance of the Sinfonia da Requiem, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky who afterwards asked Britten why he had not written an opera. Ideas about Peter Grimes (W10), as the work was to become, were already forming in his mind, but he told Koussevitzky that freedom from financial pressures and a period of time free from the need to take on other work were required. Weeks later on 14 March 1942 Kovssevitzky announced that the recently established Koussevitzky Music Foundation had offered Britten $1,000 as a commission for an opera which was to be dedicated to Koussevitzky's wife Natalie who had recently died. On their return to England in April 1942, after a five-week voyage, Britten and Pears decided to apply for registration as conscientious objectors. As a result both were exempt from active military service and allowed to undertake recitals for the recently formed CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts). It was at this time that Britten made the acquaintance of another composer, Michael Tippett. Later both became close friends and dedicated works to each other. During the Atlantic voyage, Britten had completed his Hymn to Saint Cecilia (WHO) and composed A Ceremony of Carols (W101) for treble voices and harp. Drafts of the scenario for Peter Grimes were also produced with Peter Pears but it was January 1944 before Britten was ready to start composition. He tried unsuccessfully to persuade Christopher Isherwood to write the libretto but finally chose Montagu Slater with whom he had worked before the war.
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Britten spent most of 1944 writing the opera and rehearsals began under wartime conditions. It had been decided that Peter Grimes should be given its premiere by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and that it should be the first opera given by Sadler's Wells to celebrate its return home after the war. Accordingly on 7 June 1945 the theatre reopened with Peter Grimes, Peter Pears singing the title role, and the soprano Joan Cross, Ellen Orford. Reginald Goodall conducted. Eric Crozier produced and Kenneth Green designed both costumes and scenery. The opera was soon acclaimed all over the world and entered the repertoire of many opera houses. By the end of 1945, Britten was preparing to write his next opera, The Rape of Lucretia (Wl 1), for the summer season of 1946 at Glyndebourne. Other works of this period include The Way to the Tomb (W280). The Dark Tower (W254) and a score for the film Instruments of the Orchestra (W218). Britten also composed his Occasional Overture (W25) for the opening of the BBC's Third Programme in September 1946. This was withdrawn after the first performance. The 1946 Glyndebourne programme announced a production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (W289) for 1947 but this did not materialise until 1951. In the meantime Britten and Eric Crozier founded the English Opera Group which, in 1947, gave the premiere of Britten's new opera Albert Herring (Wl) at Glyndebourne. The first Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Britten, Crozier and Peter Pears, also took place. Indeed the idea of the Festival had come from Pears as he and Britten travelled from Holland to Switzerland with the E.O.G. in the summer of 1947. Taking operas on tour was expensive and it therefore seemed a good idea that they should be able to put on their own festival at home in Aldeburgh. With Britten in residence, the annual festival was to inspire many new7 works from him. Another tradition was the featuring of w orks by one or two composers other than Britten. For his next major opera, Britten returned to the theme of the sea and chose a story by Herman Melville about Billy Budd, Foretopman. E. M. Forster, the English novelist, and Eric Crozier worked on the libretto of Billy Budd (W2) during 1949 and Britten spent most of 1950 writing the music. The Arts Council commissioned the opera for the 1951 Festival of Britain and it was given its premiere at Covent Garden in December 1951 with Britten conducting. He subsequently revised the opera in 1960. The following year King George VI died and among the proposals to celebrate the accession to the English throne of his daughter Queen Elizabeth II was an opera about Queen Elizabeth I and her relationship with the Earl of Essex. Gloriana (W4), as Britten's opera was called, was received with general hostility, and only in 1966 was it possible to reappraise the work when Sadlers Wells mounted a new production. While busy with the composition of Gloriana, Britten was thinking about his next opera. He had been commissioned to write an opera for the Venice Biennale of 1954 and he
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chose Henry James's story The Turn of the Screw (W12) first. John Piper's wife, Myfanwy, provided the libretto and the opera (rehearsed in Aldeburgh) was given its premiere at Teatro la Fenice in Venice on 14 September 1954. The following year Britten and Pears undertook a world tour which lasted four months. It provided the inspiration for some new works, in particular some of the music for the Cranko ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (W13) of 1956, a homage to the full-length ballets of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and a new kind of opera, Noye's Fludde (W7), which was completed in less than two months in 1958. To celebrate the completion of an enlarged Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh, it was decided that Britten should write a full-length opera for the 1960 Festival. A Midsummer Night's Dream (W6) was commenced in the autumn of 1959 and entirely completed in seven months and ready for performance in June 1960. It had long been Britten's ambition to write a full-length choral work and when the invitation came to commemorate the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral, which had been bombed in 1940, it provided the required stimulation. He spent most of 1961 writing his War Requiem (W135) which was first performed at the end of May 1962 in the new cathedral. The work won immediate acceptance and was performed worldwide in the following years. Britten's 50th birthday was celebrated in November 1963 by a concert performance of Gloriana at the Royal Festival Hall in London with Sylvia Fisher and Pears in the main roles. However celebrations were clouded by news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. More parables for church performance followed in 1964 {Curlew River W201), 1966 (The Burning Fiery Furnace - W200) and 1968 (The Prodigal Son - W202). Curlew River had its premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1964. In July 1964, Britten travelled to Aspen, Colorado as the first recipient of the Aspen Award established by Robert Anderson of the Institute of Humanistic Studies at Aspen. This acceptance speech set out his views on the role of the artist in society. The following year Britten also received the Order of Merit. It was also in 1965 that plans were initiated to convert a disused building at Snape into a concert hall. The money for the conversion of The Makings was soon raised and the hall opened by the Queen in 1967. A fire destroyed the building after the opening concert of the 1969 Festival, but a new hall was built and ready for the opening of the 1970 Festival. Britten was commissioned by the BBC for a television opera in 1966 and chose a short story by Henry James, Owen Wingrave (W8) as the subject with Myfanwy Piper as his librettist. After its television transmission in May 1971, the opera was staged at Covent Garden two years later. Before final production started. Britten informed Myfanwy Piper that the subject of his next opera was to Thomas Mann's Death in Venice (W3) and that he wanted her to write the libretto.
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The opera was written between 1971 and 1972 in Venice, Aldeburgh and Germany. Minor revisions were made to the score in 1973, with further revisions made in 1974 after the London premiere at Covent Garden. Overshadowing these events however was the fact that Britten was diagnosed as having a seriously defective heart valve and an operation was required to replace it. This operation was carried out on 7 May 1973 at the National Heart Hospital but left him an invalid. Britten was unable to compose after the operation for some time but early in 1974 revised the early String Quartet in D (W64) and prepared a revised edition of Paul Bunyan. He was able to resume composing by the summer of 1974 by writing his fifth Canticle The Death of Saint Narcissus (W150) for Pears and Osian Ellis. Sacred and Profane (W126), completed in 1975, was followed by A Birthday Hansel (W143), a set of songs composed at the request of the Queen as a seventy-fifth birthday present for her mother. Other works from this last period include the Suite on English Folk Tunes (W33), Phaedra (W176) for Janet Baker and the 3rd String Quartet (W66). His health continued to deteriorate and it was revealed that the heart valve replacement had failed but that he was too weak to undergo a further operation. During the 1976 Aldeburgh Festival it was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours list that a life peerage had been conferred on him. Britten died in the early morning of Saturday 4 December 1976, twelve days after his sixty-third birthday. He was buried in the graveyard of Aldeburgh Parish Church, in a grave lined with rushes gathered from the marshes at Snape. A service of Thanksgiving for his life and work was held in London, at Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 10 March 1977.
Works and Performances
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OPERAS ALBERT HERRING (Opus 39 - 1946/47) Comic opera in three acts Libretto by Eric Crozier, freely adapted from a short story by Guy de Maupassant 10 major singing roles/children's roles/1+2.1.1+1.1/1.0.0.0/ percussion (1) harp piano/strings (1.1.1.1) Dedication: "To E.M. Forster, in admiration" Duration: 137 minutes First performance: Glyndebourne (Sussex), 20 June 1947. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten. Produced by Frederick Ashton. Scenery and Costumes by John Piper Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING:D48, D135 SEE: B16, B21, B69, B146, B164, B171, B174, B208, B293, B297, B302, B383, B403, B422, B428, B465, B481, B508, B530, B540, B559, B570, B576, B586, B791, B814, B817, B819, B826, B830, B860
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BILLY BUDD (Opus 50 -1950/51) Opera in four acts (original version) Libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, from a story by Herman Melville
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3 major singing roles/14 minor singing roles/children's roles/men's chorus/ 4 + 1.2+1.3 ^2.3/ alto saxophone/ 4.4.3.1/ timpani percussion (6) harp/strings Commissioned by: The Arts Council of Great Britain for The Festival of Britain, 1951 Dedication: "To George and Marion [Harewood], December 1951" Duration: 152 minutes First perfonnance: London Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1 December 1951. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Produced by Basil Coleman. Designed by John Piper Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D144 REVISED VERSION Revised in 1960 in two acts First performance; London, BBC broadcast, 13 November 1960. Conducted by Benjamin Britten First stage performance: 9 January 1964 (ROH, Covent Garden) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D49 SEE: B2, B28, B34-44, B55, B59, B74, B75, B159, B172, B201, B257, B262, B268, B270, B276, B299, B300, B301, B306, B311, B312, B313, B317, B375, B379, B387, B393, B396, B440, B447, B449, B474, B480, B499, B531, B542, B550, B551, B561, B574a, B583, B610, B633, B635, B700, B705, B714, B730, B733, B772, B802, B83 1, B870, B878, B885, B887, B892, B900 W3. DEATH IN VENICE (Opus 88-1971/73) Opera in two acts Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the short story by Thomas Mann (Der Tod in Venedig) 3 major singing roles/14 minor singing roles/mixed chorus (SATB)/ Dancers/2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/timpani percussion (5) harp piano/strings Dedication: "To Peter" Duration: 145 minutes First performance: Snape (Aldeburgh), The Makings, 16 June 1973. The English Opera Group, artists of the Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School, the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford. Produced by Colin Graham. Choreography by Frederick Ashton. Designed by John Piper
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First London performance: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 18 October 1973 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D64 SEE: B78. B112, B133, B193, B279a. B280, B310, B321, B328, B338, B364, B415, B429, B438, B448, B461, B479, B501, B602, B632, B638, B661, B763, B783, B784, B824, B861 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Suite from Death in Venice (Opus 88a) Compiled by Steuart Bedford Duration: 27 minutes Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D5 SEE: B177, B178, B189 W4. GLORIANA (Opus 53 -1952/53) Opera in three acts Libretto by William Plomer 8 major singing roles/7 minor singing roles/mimesxhorus, ballet/ 3+1.2+1.2+1.2+1/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (4) harp/strings Stage band: 3(or more trumpets), 5 strings and/or woodwind, pipe and tabor, gittern, percussion and harp Commissioned by : The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Dedication: "This work is dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in honour of whose Coronation it was composed" Duration: 148 minutes First performance: London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 8 June 1953. Conducted by John Pritchard. Produced by Basil Coleman. Designed by John Piper. Choreographer: John Cranko SEE: B5a. B88, B89, B121, B135, B166, B203, B266, B314, B360, B376, B416, B417, B424, B450, B459, B463, B474, B533, B539, B544, B546, B553, B623, B650, B654, B696, B719, B727, B735, B736, B785, B871 REVISED VERSION Revised in 1966 First performance: London, Sadler's Wells, 21 October 1966. Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D103
14 Benjamin Britten SEE: B253a DERIVED WORKS: 1. Symphonic Suite from "Gloriana " (Opus 53a) for orchestra and tenor solo (ad lib.) 1. The Tournament 2. The Lute Song (text by Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex) 3. The Country Dances 4. Gloriana moritura 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (4) harp/strings Duration: 26 minutes First performance: Birmingham, Town Hall, 23 September 1954. Peter Pears (tenor) and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Schwarz Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D40, D58, D105 2. The Second Lute Song of the Earl of Essex Arranged for voice and piano by Imogen Hoist Text: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Publication: Boosey & Hawkes SEE: B134 3. Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' For unaccompanied chorus Text: William Plomer 1. Time (SATB) 2. Concord (SATB) 3. Time and Concord (SATB) 4. Country Girls (SA) 5. Rustics and Fishermen (TTBB) 6. Final Dance of Homage (SATB) Duration: 8 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D36a 4. The Courtly Dances from 'Gloriana' Arranged for school orchestra by David Stone 1.1.2.1/2.2.1.0/timpani percussion/strings Duration: 92 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D16
Works and Performances 5. Morris Dance from 'Gloriana' Arranged for two descant recorders by Imogen Hoist Publication: Boosey & Hawkes 6. Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' For tenor, chorus and harp Text: William Plomer Duration: 10 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D86, D134 SEE: B667 W5 THE LITTLE SWEEP (Opus 45 -1949) Children's opera in 3 scenes
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Libretto by Eric Crozier, being the second part of Let's Make an Opera!, an entertainment for young people 5 adult roles/6 children's roles/audience participation/ percussion (1) piano (four hands)/solo string quartet Dedication: "Affectionately dedicated to the real Gay, Juliet, Sophie, Tina, Hughie, Jonny and Sammy - the Gathorne-Hardys of Great Glemham, Suffolk" Duration: 45 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 14 June 1949. The English Opera Group, conducted by Norman Del Mar. Produced by Basil Coleman and Stuart Burge. Designed by John Iêwis Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D100, D104 SEE: B93, B94, B95, B96, B237, B382, B488, B521 W6. A MIDSUMMER, NIGHT'S DREAM (Opus 64 - 1959/60) Opera in three acts Libretto, adapted from William Shakespeare, by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears 14 major singing roles/acrobat speaking role/children's roles/ 2+1.1+1.2.1/2.1.l.O./percussion (2) harps celesta/ harpsichord/ strings Stage band: soprano recorders, small cymbals, woodblocks Dedication: "Dedicated to Stephen Reiss" Duration: 144 minutes
16 Benjamin Britten First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 11 June 1960. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten. Produced by John Cranko. Designed by John Piper First London performance: 2 February 1961 (ROH, Covent Garden) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D62, D93, D132 SEE: B70, B73, B151, B163, B273, B367, B401, B472, B497, B543, B648, B767, B781, B782, B808, B811, B859, B884 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Bottom's Dream from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Opus 64a) Song for bass baritone and orchestra or piano Duration: 32 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W7. NOYE'S FLUDDE (Opus 59-1957/58) The Chester Miracle Play, set for adults' and children's voices, children's chorus, chamber ensemble and children's orchestra Professional ensemble: solo string quintet, treble recorder, piano (4 hands), organ, timpani Children's orchestra: recorder, bugles in B&/\ handbells in F</\ percussion, strings Dedication: "To my nephew and nieces, Sebastian, Sally and Roguey Welford and my young friend Roger Duncan" Duration: 50 minutes First performance: Orford Parish Church, 15 June 1958. Conducted by Charles Mackerras. Produced by Colin Graham. Costumes and masks by Ceri Richards First London performance: 14 November 1958 (BBC) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D99, D146 SEE: B20, B65, B626, B631, B682, B779, B828, B876 W8. OWEN WINGRAVE (Opus 85-1969/70) Opera in two acts, commissioned for television by the BBC. Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the story by Henry James 9 major singing roles/ chorus (trebles)/ 2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/timpani percussion (3) harp piano/ strings
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Dedication: "To Joan and Isador Caplan" Duration: 106 minutes First performance: Transmitted by the BBC on 16 May 1971. (BBC2) having been presented in The Maltings, Snape. The English Chamber Orchestra and the Boys of Wandsworth School, conducted by Benjamin Britten. Directed by Brian Large and Colin Graham. Designed by Tony MeyerscoughJones. Costumes by Charles Knode First stage performance: London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 10 May 1973. Conducted by Steuart Bedford. Produced by Colin Graham. Designed by John Piper. Costumes by Charles Knode Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D101 SEE: B114, B115, B173, B304, B315, B327, B368, B420, B432, B436, B438, B558, B599, B600, B646, B660, B786, B799, B882, B894 W9. PAUL BUNYAN (Opus 17 -1939/41) (Choral) operetta in two acts and prologue Libretto by W. H. Auden 11 major singing roles/1 speaking role/20 small singing roles/5 small speaking roles/5 small speaking roles/chorus (SATB)/2.1.3+1.1/2.2.2.1/timpani percussion (2) harp piano (celesta)/strings Duration: 114 minutes First performance: New York, Brander Matthews Hall, 5 May 1941. A Columbia University Theatre workshop. Conducted by Hugh Ross. Produced by Milton Smith. REVISED VERSION Revised in 1974/75 First performance: BBC broadcast, 1 February 1976. Conducted by Steuart Bedford First (Stage) performance: Snape (Aldeburgh), The Maltings, 4 June 1976. Conducted by Steuart Bedford First (Stage) London performance: 1 September 1976 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D33 SEE: B160, B161, B161a, B162, B251a, B252, B392a, B434, B601, B627, B634, B652a, B684, B710, B711, B747, B799a, B801
18 Benjamin Britten DERIVED WORKS: 1. Overture: Paul Banyan Orchestrated by Colin Matthews (not used in the New York production) 2+1.1.2+1.1/2.2.2.1/timpani percussion (2/3) (piano) (harp) /strings Duration: 5 minutes First performance: London, Royal Albert Hall, 6 August 1978. European Community Youth Orchestra, conducted by James Judd Publication: Faber Music 2. Carry her Over the Water Partsong from Paul Bunyan arranged for unaccompanied mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) by Colin Mathews Text by W. H. Auden Duration: 1 minute Publication: Faber Music 3. Love Song Text: W. II. Auden Discarded song from Paul Bunyan SEE: B758a 4. Lullaby of Dream Shadows Arranged for 2 sopranos, 2 tennors, mixed chorus (SATB) and orchestra Text by W. H. Auden 1+1.1.1.+1 & sax. 1/2.2.2.1/timpani percussion (1) piano/ harp/strings Duration: 6 minutes Publication: Faber Music 5. Ballads from "Paul Bunyan" Three songs for baritone and piano or guitar 1. The Cold Wind Blew 2. The Spring Came and the Summer and Fall 3. So Helson Smiled and Bunyan Smiled Text by W. H. Auden Duration: 10 minutes Publication: Faber Music 6. Inslinger 's A ria
Works and Performances for solo tenor, men's chorus (TB) and orchestra Text by W. H. Auden 0.0.0.0/0.2.2.1/timpani percussion (1) piano harp/strings Duration: 5 minutes Publication: Faber Music 7. Overture: Paul Bunyan Arranged for symphonic wind band by Charles Fussell Duration: 7 minutes Publication: Studio Music W10. PETER GRIMES (Opus 33 -1944/45) Opera in three acts and prologue Libretto by Montagu Slater, based on a poem by George Crabbe
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4 major singing roles/8 small singing roles/2 mimes/chorus/ 2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1/4.2+1.3.1/timpani percussion (2) celesta harp organ/strings Off stage band: 2 clarinets, percussion, violin, double bass (piano ad lib.) Dedication: "For the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky" Duration: 143 minutes First performance: London, Sadlers's Wells Theatre, 7 June 1945. The Sadler's Wells Opera Company, conducted by Reginald Goodhall. Produced by Eric Crozier. Designed by Kenneth Green Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D6, D78, D119 SEE: B71, B117, B118, B131, B167, B207, B209, B232, B253, B298, B318, B385, B388, B395, B460, B506, B507, B511, B539, B580, B587, B588, B678, B691, B718, B721, B807, B818, B837, B856 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Opus 33a) for orchestra 1. Dawn 2. Sunday Morning 3. Moonlight 4. Storm
20 Benjamin Britten 2+1.2.2+1.2+1/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Duration: 16 minutes First concert performance: Cheltenham Festival. 13 June 1945. Conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D12, D14, D30, D59 SEE: B792 2. Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (Opus 33b) for orchestra 2+1.2.2.2+1/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2)/harp celesta/strings Duration: 7 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D12, D59, D105 SEE: B792 3. Three A rias from Peter Grimes 1. Peter's Dreams for tenor and piano (Duration: 3 minutes) 2. Embroidery Aria for soprano and piano (Duration: 4 minutes 3. Church Scene (Ellen's aria) for soprano and piano (Duration: 3x/2 minutes) These arias may also be performed with orchestra Publication: Boosey & Hawkes 4. Old Joe Has Gone Fishing Round from the opera Peter Grimes for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano Duration: 2 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes 5. Song of the Fishermen Working chorus for the opera Peter Grimes for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano Duration: 3Vz minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W11. THE RAPE OFLUCRETIA (Opus 37 - 1946) Opera in two acts Libretto by Ronald Duncan, after the play by Andre Obey 8 major singing roles/1+2.1+1.1+1.1/1.0.0.0/ percussion (1) harp piano/string quintet
Works and Performances Dedication: "Dedicated to Erwin Stein" Duration: 107 minutes First performance: Glyndebourne (Sussex), 12 July 1946. Conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Produced by Eric Crozier Designed by John Piper First London performance: 28 August 1946
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REVISED VERSION Revised in 1947 First performance: Glyndebourne, 7 July 1947 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D63 SEE: B188, B224, B233, B267, B275, B326, B435, B451, B530, B552, B679 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Three A rias from The Rape ofLucretia 1. Flower Song for contralto and piano (Duration: 2lA minutes) 2. The Ride for tenor and piano (Duration: 3 minutes) 3. Slumber song of mezzo-soprano and piano (Duration: 3 minutes) These arias may also be sung with orchestra Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W12. THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Opus 54-1954) Opera in two acts and prologue. Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the story by Henry James 7 major singing roles/1+2.1+1.1+1.1/1.0.0.0/percussion (1) harp piano (doubling celesta)/string quintet Dedication: "This opera was written for and is dedicated to, those members of the English Opera Group who took part in the first performance" Duration: 101 minutes First performance: Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 14 September 1954. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten. Produced by Basil Coleman. Designed by John Piper First London performance: 6 October 1954 (Sadlers's Wells) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D65, D127 SEE: B128, B147-B150, B318, B500, B503, B538, B671, B726, B805, B832, B834, B839
22 Benjamin Britten II. W13. BALLETS THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (Opus 57 - 1955/56) Ballet in three acts by John Cranko 2+1.2+1.2+E^^ clarinet and alto saxophone 3/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (6) harp piano (4 hands) celesta/strings On stage: 2 or more trumpets Dedication: "To Imogen Hoist and Ninette de Valois" Duration: 115 minutes First performance: London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1 January 1957. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Choreography by John Cranko. Decor by John Piper. Costumes by Desmond Heeley Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D40, D50, D66 SEE: B125, B582, B636, B641, B645, B669, B697, B866 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Pas de Six from The Prince of the Pagodas (Opus 57a) for orchestra 3+1.2+1.2+Eb clarinet and alto saxophone 2+1/4.3.3.1/ timpani percussion (2) harp piano/strings Duration: 12 minutes First performance: Birmingham Town Hall, 26 September 1957. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Schwarz 2. Prelude and Dances from the Prince of the Pagodas (Opus 57b) for orchestra and selected by Norman del Mar 2+1.2+1 alto saxophone 2/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp piano/strings Duration: 30 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS AN AMERICAN OVERTURE (1941) for orchestra Published postumously in 1985
Works and Performances 3+1.3.3+1.3/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) celesta piano 2 harps/strings
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Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Birmingham, Town Hall, 8 November 1983. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D8, D77, D138 SEE: B637, B665 W15. CANADIAN CARNIVAL (Opus 19-1939) for orchestra Also known as Kermesse Canadienne 2+1.2+1.2.2/4.3(2).3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Duration: 14 minutes First performance (broadcast): Bristol, BBC Studios, 6 June 1940. BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould First performance (concert): Cheltenham Festival, 13 June 1945. London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D72, D77 SEE: B664 W16. CONCERTO FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (1941/42) Written for Benny Goodman Incomplete Publication (on hire) by Faber Music: Movement for Clarinet and Orchestra, orchestrated by Colin Matthews 2.2.0+1.2/4.2.3.0/timpani percussion (1) harp/strings Duration: 6 minutes First performance: London, Barbican Hall, 7 March 1990. Michael Collins (clarinet) and the Britten-Pears Orchestra, conducted by Tamas Vasary RECORDING: D102 W17. CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA (1930) Incomplete
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Benjamin Britten First performance: London, BBC, 5 December 1995. Martyn Roscoe (piano) in the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Martin Brabbins Unpublished
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CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA (Opus 13-1938) In four movements 1. Allegro molto e con brio 2. Allegretto, alia valse 3. Recitative and Aria 4. Allegro moderato - sempre alia marcia 2+1.2+1.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Dedication: "To Lennox Berkeley" Duration: 33 minutes First performance: London, Queen's Hall, 18 August 1938. Benjamin Britten (piano) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henry Wood Publication: Boosey & Hawkes SEE: B9, B129, B228, B457, B556, B589, B777 REVISED VERSION Britten wrote a new third movement in 1945 1. Toccata 2. Waltz 3. Impromptu 4. March First performance: Cheltenham Festival, 2 July 1946. Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D35, D54, D143
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CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (Opus 15-1938/39) In three movements 1. Moderato con moto 2. Vivace 3. Passacaglia: Andante Lento 3+2.2+1.2.2/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Dedication: "To Henry Boys" Duration: 31 minutes
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First performance: New York, Carnegie Hall, 28 March 1940. Antonio Brosa (violin) and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron First UK performance: Iôndon, Queen's Hall, 6 April 1941. Thomas Matthew (violin) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron SEE:B116,B323 REVISED VERSION Revised in 1950 (performed in London, 12 December 1951 and 1958) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D54, D72 SEE: B248, B290, B706 W20. CONCERTO (IN B MINOR) FOR ORCHESTRA (1932) VIOLIN, VIOLA AND
In three movements 1. Allegro ma non troppo 2. Romance: Poco lento 3. Allegro scherzando - Allegro non troppo Orchestrated for sketches by Colin Matthews: solo violin, viola, 2+1.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timpani percussion (1)/ strings Duration: c. 25 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 15 June 1997. Katherine Hunka (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) and the BrittenPears Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano (A 50th Aldeburgh Festival Concert) First London performance: Royal Albert Hall, 31 July 1998. Tamsin Little (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Daniele Galti Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D155 SEE: B378, B693 W21. DIVERSIONS (Opus 21 -1940) for piano (left hand) and orchestra Theme Var. 1 Recitative Var. 2 Romance Var. 3 March Var. 7 Badinerie Var. 8 Burlesque Var. 9 (a) Toccata 1
26 Benjamin Britten Var. 4 Arabesque Var. 5 Chant Var. 6 Nocturne (b) Toccata 2 Adagio Tarantella
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2+1.2+1.2+ alto saxophone (ad lib) 2+1/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp.strings Dedication: "For Paul Wittgenstein" Duration: 30 minutes First performance: USA, 16 January 1942. Paul Wittgenstein and the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy First UK performance: Bournemouth, 14 October 1950 First London performance: 29 October 1950 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes REVISED VERSION Revised in 1950, 1953-54 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D50, D77 SEE: B77 W22. HANKIN BOOBY (1966) Folk dance for wind and drums Commissioned by the Greater London Council for the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall 2.2.2.2/0.2.0.0/drums Duration: 2 minutes First performance: London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1 March 1967. English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music (as part of the Suite on English Folk Tunes Opus 90 (W33)) SEE: B322, B738 W23. HUMORESKE [sic] IN C (1928) for orchestra Completed by 6 March 1928 First performance: London, BBC, 2 October 1985. BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Loveday W24. MONTJUIC (Opus 12 -1937) Suite of Catalan dances for orchestra
Works and Performances Composed in collaboration with Lennox Berkeley (Opus 9) 1. 2. 3. 4. Andante maestoso [LB] Allegro grazioso [LB] Lament (Barcelona, July 1936): Andante moderato [BB] Allegro molto [BB]
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2.2.2.2 - alto and tenor saxophone (ad lib)/ 4.2.2+1.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/ strings Dedication: "In memory of Peter Burra" [died April 1936] Duration: 12 minutes First performance: London. Broadcasting House, 8 January 1938. BBC Orchestra (Section C), conducted by Joseph Lewis Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D72 SEE: B8, B185 W25. OCCASIONAL OVERTURE (Opus 38 -1946) for orchestra 2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1/timpani percussion (3) harp/strings Commissioned by The BBC to mark the opening of the Third Programme in 1946 Duration: 8 minutes First performance: London, Broadcasting House, 29 September 1946. BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult First concert performance: Chicago, Orchestra Hall, 28 April 1983. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D8, D77 SEE: B665 W26. POEME NO. 4 INB FLAT (1927) for small orchestra Completed 14 February 1927 First performance: London, BBC, 21 November 1995. Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Unpublished W27. PRELUDE AND FUGUE (Opus 29-1943) for 18-part string orchestra (10.3.3.2)
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Benjamin Britten Dedication: "To Boyd Neel and his Orchestra, on the occasion of their 10th birthday, 23 June 1943" Duration: 9 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 23 June 1943. Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by Boyd Neel Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D4, D52, D106 SEE: B122, B849
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RUSSIAN FUNERAL (1936) March for brass and percussion ensemble 4 horns (ad lib.), 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba and percussion (1) Duration: 6 minutes First performance: London, Westminster Theatre, 8 March 1936. Instrumentalists conducted by Alan Bush (A programme organised by the London Labour Choral Union) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D20, D79, D108 SEE: B356 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Russian Funeral Arranged for brass band by Ray Fair Duration: 6 minutes Publication: Faber Music/Studio Music
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SCOTTISH BALLAD (Opus 26 -1941) for two piano and orchestra 2+1.2.2.2+1/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Dedication: "For Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson" Duration: 13 minutes First performance: USA, 28 November 1941. Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson (piano) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens First UK performance: London, Royal Albert Hall, 10 July 1943. Benjamin Britten and Clifford Curzon (piano) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D77
Works and Performances SEE: W664 W30. SIMPLE SYMPHONY (Opus 4 -1933/34) for string orchestra (or string quartet) In four movements 1. Boisterous Bourree 2. Playful Pizzicato 3. Sentimental Saraband 4. Frolicsome Finale
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Dedication: "Dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton)" Duration: 18 minutes First performance: Norwich, Stuart Hall, 6 March 1934. The Norwich String Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D4, D l l , D47, D52, D73, D79, D106, D153 SEE: B8, B237 DERIVED WORKS: :
1. Playful Pizzicalto: arranged for piano duet by Howard Ferguson 2. Sentimental Saraband: arranged for piano duet by Howard Ferguson Publication: Oxford University Press 3. Simple Symphony: arranged for brass by Colin Matthews and Simon Wright W31. SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (Opus 20 - 1939/40) for orchestra In three movements 1. Lacrymosa: Andante ben misurato 2. Dies irae: Allegro con fuoco 3. Requiem aeternam: Andante molto tranquillo 2+1.2+1.2+1. alto saxophone/6(4).3.3.1/timpani percussion (4) 2(1) harps piano/ strings Commissioned by: The Japanese Government to celebrate the 2,600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire Dedication: "In memory of my parents" Duration: 20 minutes
30 Benjamin Britten First performance: New York, Carnegie Hall, 29 March 1941. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Barbirolli First London performance: Royal Albert Hall, 22 July 1942. London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D8. D51, D59, D76, D105, D114 SEE: B584, B655, B666, B889 W32. SINFONIETTA (Opus 1 -1932) for chamber orchestra In three movements 1. Poco presto ed agitato 2. Variations: Andante lento 3. Tarantella: Presto vivace 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/string quartet Dedication: "To Frank Bridge" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: London, the Ballet Club (Mercury Theatre), 31 January 1933. (A Macnaghten - Lemare Concert) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D60, D85, D124, D152, D155 SEE: B835, B874 W33. SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES, "A TIME THERE WAS... " (Opus 90-1974) for orchestra 1. Cakes and Ale 2. The Bitter Withy 3. Hankin Booby (commissioned for the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1 March 1967): SEE: W22 4. Hunt the Squirrel 5. Ia)rd Melbourne 2+1.2+1.2.2/2.2.0.0/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Dedication: "Lovingly and reverently dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger" Duration: 14 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 13 June 1975. English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford First London performance: 17 September 1975
Works and Performances Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D8, D77, D153 SEE: B405, B575, B666 W34.
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SYMPHONY FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (Opus 68 -1963/64) In four movements 1. Allegro maestoso 2. Scherzo (Presto inquieto) 3. Adagio 4. Passacaglia finale (Andante allegro) 2+1.2.21+1/2.2.1.1/timpani percussion (2)/strings Dedication: "For Mstislav Rostropovitch" Duration: 34 minutes First performance: Moscow. 12 March 1964. Mstislav Rostropovitch (cello) and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten First UK performance: Aldeburgh, 18 June 1964 First London performance: 15 July 1964 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D5, D51, D137, D140 SEE: B48, B80, B307, B348, B363, B372, B381, B413, B473, B564, B688, B707, B880
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TWO PORTRAITS (1930) for string orchestra 1. "D. Lay ton": Poco presto for string orchestra 2. "E.B.B.": Poco lento for viola and string orchestra (A third was planned, depicting another school friend, Peter Floud, but never written) Duration: 15 minutes First performance: BBC, Radio 3, 5 December 1995. Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Martyn Brabbins First concert performances: (1) Vienna, Schubert - Saal, 10 February 1996. Britten Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Andreas Mitisek (2) London, St John's, Smith Square, February 1996. Sinfonia 21, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D155
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Benjamin Britten (Sellenger's Round) (1953) for string orchestra Composed by six contemporary British composers to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Other variations on the theme (William Byrd - transcribed by Imogen Hoist) were by Arthur Oldham (Var. 1), Michael Tippert (Var. 2), Lennox Berkeley (Var. 3), Humphrey Searle (Var. 5) and William Walton (Var. 6) Duration: c. 16 minutes (total); 2 minutes (Britten contribution) First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 20 June 1953. The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten (Britten's variation, ''Quick and gay" includes a quotation from Gloriana) First London performance: Wigmore Hall, 29 May 1957. Collegium Musicum Londinii, conducted by John Minchinton RECORDING: D3 1 SEE: B853
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VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (Opus 10 1937) for string orchestra Introduction and Theme Var. 1 Adagio Var. 2 March Var. 3 Romance Var. 4 Aria Italiana Var. 5 Bourree Class ique Var. 6 Var. 7 Var. 8 Var. 9 Var. 10 Wiener Waltzer Moto Perpetuo Funeral March Chant Fugue and Finale
Dedication: "To F.B. A tribute with affection and admiration" Duration: 25 minutes First performance: Radio Hilversum, 25 August 1937 First public performance: Salzburg Festival, 27 August 1937. The Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by Boyd Neel First London performance: 5 October 1937 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D4, Dl 1, D31, D73, D106 SEE: B100, B108, B152, B789, B852 W38. YOUNG APOLLO (Opus 16 - 1939) Fanfare for piano, string quartet and string orchestra
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Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Dedication: Alexander Chuhaldin Duration: 8 minutes First performance: Toronto (Canada), 27 August 1939. Benjamin Britten (piano) and CBC String Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Chuhaldin First UK performance: Snape, Maltings Conceit Hall, 20 June 1979. Michael Roll (piano) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D73, D77, D155 SEE: B664, B854 IV. W39. CHAMBER AND SOLO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ALLA MARCIA (1933) for string quartet Withdrawn and later used in Les Illuminations (W166) Duration: 3 minutes First performance: (private): Friston (Sussex), Frank Bridge's house, 26 March 1933. Antonio Brosa and Ethel Bridge (violins), Frank Bridge (viola) and Bernard Richards (cello) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D89, D125 SEE: B337, B675 W40. ALLA QUARTETTO SERIOSO "GO PLAY, BOY, PLAY" (1933/36) Unfinished suite for string quartet First performance: London, 11 December 1933 Revised in 1936 as Three Divertimenti for String Quartet 1. March 2. Waltz 3. Burlesque (dedicated to Francis C. Barton) Duration: 12 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 25 February 1936. Stratton String Quartet Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D89, D125, D154 SEE: B354, B675 W41. ALPINE SUITE (1955)
34 Benjamin Britten for recorder trio (descant 1, descant 2, treble) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Arrival at Zermatt Swiss Clock (Romance) Nursery Slopes Alpine Scene Moto perpetuo: Down the Piste Farewell to Zermatt
Dedication: "For Mary Potter" Duration: 7V2 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 26 June 1955 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes SEE: B26, B27 W42. BAGATELLE (1929/30) for violin, viola and piano First performance: Holt (Norfolk), Gresham's School, 1 March 1930 . (Britten played the viola) Unpublished W43. ELEGY (1930) for viola Duration: 6V2 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 22 June 1984. Nobuko Imai (viola) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D19, D31, D106 SEE: B352, B855 W44. A FANFARE FOR D. W. [David Webster] (1970) for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tenor tuba and bass tuba First performance: London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 30 June 1970: A Tribute to Sir David Webster. Members of the orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti Unpublished SEE: B220a W45. FANFARE FOR SS ORIANA (1960) for brass First performance: 3 November 1960 at the launching of the vessel
Works and Performances Unpublished W46. FANFARE FOR STEDMUNSBURY (1959) for three trumpets (in C)
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Duration: 4 minutes First performance: Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk), Cathedral precincts, 10 June 1959. Trumpeters of the Suffolk Regiment Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D79 SEE: B221 W47. FIRST LOSS (1926) for viola and piano First performance: London, BBC, 21 November 1995. Phillip Dukes (viola) and Sophie Rahman (piano) Unpublished W48. FIVE WALTZES (1923/1925, revised spring 1969) for piano These pieces were "Composed by Edward Benjamin Britten Opus 3,1925 and dedicated to My Father: R. V. Britten Esq." 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rather fast and nervous (1925) Quick, with wit( 1924) Dramatic (1925) Rhythmic, not fast (1924) Variations: quiet and simple (1923)
Duration: 1, IV2, IV2, 3V2, 2V2 minutes Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D80, D112 W49. GEMINI VARIA TIONS (Opus 73-1965) Twelve Variations and Fugue on an Epigram of Zoltan Kodaly for a quartet of two (or four players): flute, violin and piano (4 hands) Dedication: "For Zoltan and Gabor Jeney" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 19 June 1965 (Aldeburgh Festival). Zoltan and Gabor Jeney Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D100
36 Benjamin Britten SEE: B423, B439, B794, B879 W50. HOLIDAY DIARY (Opus 5-1934) Suite for piano 1. 2. 3. 4. Early morning bathe Sailing Funfair Night
Dedication: "To Arthur Benjamin" Duration: 16 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 30 November 1934. Betty Humby (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D71, D112, D113 SEE: B847 W51. INTRODUCTION AND ALLEGRO (1932) for violin, cello and piano Originally called "Phantasy-Scherzo" First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 22 November 1986. Marcia Crayford (violin). Christopher van Kampen (cello) and Ian Brown (piano) Unpublished W52. INTRODUCTION AND RONDO ALLA BURLESCA (Opus 23, no.l - 1940) for two pianos Duration: 9 minutes First performance: New York (USA), 5 January 1941. Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson (pianos) First British performance: Cambridge, 25 April 1943. Benjamin Britten and Clifford Curzon (pianos) First London performance: 29 March 1944 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D32, D107, D128 SEE: B258 W53. LACHRYMAE (Opus 48-1950) Reflections on a song of John Dowland for viola and piano
Works and Performances Dedication: "For William Primrose" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 20 June 1950. William Primrose (viola) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D10, D106, D143 SEE:B92,B107,B331 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Lachrymae: arranged for viola and string orchestra (Opus 48a -1976) First performance: Recklinghausen, 3 May 1977 First English performance: Snape, 21 June 1977 First London performance: 12 October 1977 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D31, D73, D106, D124, D153 W54. MAZURKA ELEGIACA (Opus 23, no. 2 - 1941) for two pianos
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Dedication: "In memoriam I. J. Paderewski" Duration: 6V2 minutes First performance: New York (USA), Town Hall, 9 December 1941. Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson (pianos) First British performance: Cambridge, 25 April 1943. Benjamin Britten and Clifford Curzon (pianos) First London: 29 March 1944 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D32, D107, D128 SEE: B260 W55. MINIATURE SUITE (1929) for string quartet First performance ("Romance"): London, BBC, 24 November 1995. Sorrel String Quartet W56. NIGHT PIECE (NOTTURNO) (1963) for piano Written for the first Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
38 Benjamin Britten Duration: 5 minutes First performance: Leeds, Great Hall, (Leeds University), 19 September 1963 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D80, Dl 12 SEE: B109, B864, B886 W57. NOCTURNAL AFTER JOHN DOWLAND (Opus 70 - 1963) Reflections on "Come, Heavy Sleep" for guitar (edited by Julian Bream) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Musingly Very agitated Restless Uneasy March-like Dreaming Gently rocking Passacaglia
Dedication: "For Julian Bream" Duration: I8V2 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 12 June 1964. Julian Bream (guitar) First London performance: 19 November 1965 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D27, D88 SEE: B689 W58. PHANTASY IN F MINOR (1932) for string quintet in one movement Duration: 11 minutes First performance: London, Royal College of Music, 22 July 1932, Student quintet First broadcast performance: Ixmdon, Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, 17 February 1933. International String Quartet with Anthony Collins (viola) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D19, D89 SEE: B345 W59. PHANTASY QUARTET (Opus 2 - 1932) In one movement for oboe, violin, viola and cello
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Dedication: "To Iêon Goossens" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Ia)ndon, BBC Broadcasting House, 6 August 1933. Leon Goosens (oboe) with the International String Quartet First concert performance: St. John's Institute (The Music Society), 21 November 1933. Leon Goossens (oboe) with Andre Mangeot, Helen Parkin and Eric Bray Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D37, D55, D89, D i l l , D112 SEE: B344, B352, B675 W60. A POEM OF HATE (1930) for piano First performance: London, BBC, 29 November 1995. Anthony Goldstone (piano) W61. PRELUDE AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF VITTORIA (1946) for organ Dedication: "For St Matthew's Church, Northampton, St Matthew's Day, 1946" Duration: 5V2 minutes First performance: Northampton, St Matthew's Church, 21 September 1946. Alec Wyton (organ) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D75 SEE: B123, B124, B464 W62. QUARTET IN D MAJOR (1931/revised 1974) for strings 1. Allegro maestoso 2. Lento ed espressivo 3. Allegro giocoso Duration: 19 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 7 June 1975. Gabrieli String Quartet Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D19 SEE: B405, B593
40 Benjamin Britten W63. QUARTET IN F (1928) for strings First performance: London, BBC, 21 November 1995. Sorrel String Quartet Duration: 20 minutes W64. QUARTET NO. 1 IN D (Opus 25 - 1941) for strings 1. 2. 3. 4. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo Allegretto con slancio Andante calmo Molto vivace
Dedication: "To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge" Duration: 26 minutes First performance: Los Angeles, 21 September 1941. Coolidge String Quartet First British performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 28 April 1943. Griller String Quartet Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D42, D125, D154 SEE: B181, B352, B895 W65. QUARTET NO. 2 IN C (Opus 36-1945) for strings 1. Allegro calmo, senza rigore 2. Vivace 3. Chacony: Sostenuto Written to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of Henry Purcell's death Dedication: "For Mrs J. L. Behrend" Duration: 31 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 21 November 1945. Zorian String Quartet Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D25, D43, D154 SEE: B352, B526, B585, B895 W66. QUARTET NO. 3 (Opus 94 -1975)
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Duets: With moderate movement Ostinato: Very fast Solo: Very calm Burlesque: Fast, con fuoco Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima): Slow-slowly moving
Dedication: "To Hans Keller" Duration: 28 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 19 December 1976. Amadeus String Quartet First London performance: 1 February 1978 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D24, D25, D43, D125 SEE: B352, B620 W67. QUARTETTINO (1930) for string quartet Duration: 15V2 minutes First performance; London, Barbican Hall, 15 May 1983. Arditti String Quartet (SPNM 40th Anniversary Concert) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D19 SEE: B352 W68. REFLECTION (1930) for violin and piano Duration: 32 minutes First performance: BBC Radio 3, 28 November 1995. Philip Dukes (violin) and Sophie Rahman (piano) Publication: Faber Music W69. REVEILLE (1937) Concert study for violin and piano Written for Antonio Brosa to whom it is dedicated Duration: 5 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 12 April 1937. Antonio Brosa (violin) and Franz Reizenstein (piano)
42 Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D83 SEE: B347 W70. RHAPSODY (1929) for string quartet Duration: 7 minutes First public performance: Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music, 6 November 1985. Alexandra String Quartet Publication: Faber Music RECORDING:D19 SEE: B352, B612 W71. SCHERZETTINO - A.B. (20 September 1971) for piano Written to celebrate the 80th birthday of Sir Arthur Bliss in 1971, this tribute was commissioned by the Council and Chairman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. Besides Britten, William Alwyn, Malcolm Arnold, Ixnnox Berkeley, Alan Bush, Geoffrey Bush, Arnold Cooke, Stephen Dodgson, Joseph Horowitz, Elizabeth Maconchy, Edmund Rubbra, Humphrey Searle, Graham Whettam and Grace Williams were among others who contributed musical birthday greetings. Dedication: "A tribute with affection to Sir Arthur Bliss on his 80th birthday" Unpublished W72. SCHERZO (1954) for recorder quartet (descant, treble, tenor and bass) Dedication: "To the Aldeburgh Music Club" Duration: 2V2 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes SEXTET (1930) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn and bassoon Duration: 8 minutes First performance (one movement): Aldeburgh, Parish Church 11 June 1993. Haffner Wind Ensemble Publication: Faber Music
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Dedication: "For Joy Boughton" Duration: 12V2 minutes First performance: Thorpeness (Suffolk), The Meare, 14 June 1951. Joy Boughton (oboe) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D21, D37, D i l l , D112 SEE: B136, B873 W75. SONATA IN C FOR CELLO AND PIANO (Opus 65 - 1960/61) Dedication: "For Mstislav Rostropovich" Duration: 18 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 7 July 1961. Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D29, D56, D57, D116, D117, D143 SEE: B18, B19, B137, B239, B241, B362, B815 W76. SONATINA (1928) for piano First performance: London, BBC, 21 November 1995. Anthony Goldstone (piano) W77. SONATINA (1927) for violin and piano First performance: London, BBC, 21 November 1995. Philip Dukes (violin) and Sophie Rahman (piano) W78. SONATINA ROMANTICA (1940) for piano 1. Moderato ma dramatico
44 Benjamin Britten 2. Nocturne: Andante 3. Burlesque: Allegro con fuoce Dedication "For Dr. William B. Titley to play" Duration: c. 10 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 16 June 1983. George Benjamin (piano) Publication: Faber Music (first two movements only) SEE: B722 W79. SUITE FOR CELLO NO. 1 (Opus 72-1964) Edited by Mstislav Rostropovich Canto primo - Fuga - Lamento - Canto secondo - Serenata - Marcia - Canto terzo - Bordone - Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto Dedication: "For Slava" Duration: 22 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 27 June 1965. Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) First London performance: 30 June 1966 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D28, D29, D57, D120, D130, D137 SEE: B3, B423, B439, B484, B591, B879 W80. SUITE FOR CELLO NO. 2 (Opus 80 - 1967) Edited by Mstislav Rostropovich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Declamato: Largo Fuga: Andante Scherzo: Allegro molto Andante lento Ciaccona: Allegro
Dedication: "For Slava" Duration: 22 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 17 June 1968. Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) First London performance: 12 September 1968 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D28, D29, D57, D120, D130, D137 SEE: B288, B421, B441, B579 W81. SUITE FOR CELLO NO. 3 (Opus 87 - 1971)
Works and Performances Edited by Mstislav Rostropovich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction: Ixnto March: Allegro Canto: Con moto Barcarolle: Lento Dialoguo: Allegretto Fuga: Andante espressivo Recitativo: Fantastico Moto Perpetuo: Presto Passacaglia: Ixnto Solenne
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Dedication: "For Slava" Duration: 22 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 21 December 1974. Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) - postponed from June 1972 First London performance: 11 October 1977 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D28, D29, D34, D120, D130 SEE: B573, B867 W82. SUITE FOR HARP (Opus 83 -1969) Edited by Osian Ellis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Overture Toccata Nocturne Fugue Hymn (St Denio)
Dedication: "For Osian Ellis" Duration: 14 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 24 June 1969. Osian Ellis (harp). First London performance: 28 September 1969 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D21 SEE: B412, B560 W83. SUITE (Opus 6 -1934/35) for violin and piano Introduction
46 Benjamin Britten 1. 2. 3. 4. March Moto perpetuo Lullaby Waltz
Duration: 18 minutes First performance (3 movements): London, Wigmore Hall, 17 December 1934. Henri Temianka (violin) and Betty Humby (piano) First complete performance: London, BBC, 13 March 1936. Antonio Brosa (violin) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First complete public performance: Barcelona, 1SCM Festival, 21 April 1936. Antonio Brosa (violin) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D83 SEE: B98,B106, B i l l DERIVED WORKS: 1. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano (March, Lullaby, Waltz) Duration: 12 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W84. TEMA - 'SACHER' (1976) for cello Written for Paul Sacher's 70th birthday as a theme for variations by other composers* Duration: 1 minute First performance: Zurich, Tonhalle, 2 May 1976, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) First UK performance: Snape, The Maltings, 16 June 1985. Rohan de Saram (cello) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D34 SEE: B851 * The twelve composers were Conrad Beck, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten, Henri Dutilleux, Wolfgang Fortner, Alberto Ginastera, Cristobal Halffter, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Huber and Witold Lutoslawski
Works and Performances W85. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS (1936) for oboe and piano Theme (Andante rubato) 1. Oration 2. March 3. Exercises 4. Commination 5. Chorale 6. Waltz 7. Polka 8. Resolution Dedication: "To Montagu Slater" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 15 December 1936. Natalie Caine (oboe) and Adolph Hallis (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D23, D89, D i l l , D112, D153 SEE: B616, B675 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Temporal Variations Arranged for oboe and string orchestra by Colin Matthews
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Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 12 June 1994. Nicholas Daniel (oboe) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford Publication: Faber Music W86. THEME (1936) for one of four improvised movements for a symphony for organ. Other themes written by Alan Bush, Constant Lambert and William Walton. First performance: London, St John's Church, Red Lion Square, 12 November 1936. Andre Marchal (organ) THREE CHARACTER PIECES (1930) for piano 1. John (Poco allegro vivace) 2. Daphne (Poco andante grazioso)
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48 Benjamin Britten 3. Michael (Poco presto e molto capriccioso) Duration: 7 minutes First performance: Chester, St Mary's Centre, 28 July 1989. Sarah Briggs (piano) Publication: Faber Music W88. TWEL VE VARIA TIONS ON A THEME (1931) for piano Duration: 8 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 22 June 1986. Murray Perahia (piano) Publication: Faber Music SEE: B617 W89. TWO INSECT PIECES (1935) for oboe and piano 1. The Grasshopper 2. The Wasp Dedication: "For Sylvia Spencer" Duration: 3 and 2 minutes First public performance: Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music, 7 March 1979. Janet Craxton (oboe) and Margot Wright (piano) First London performance: BBC broadcast, 3 April 1980 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D21, D89, D i l l , D112 SEE: B618, B675 W90. TWO LULLABIES FOR TWO PIANOS (1936) 1. Lullaby 2. Lullaby for a Retired Colonel Duration: 3 minutes each First private performance: London, Broadcasting House, 19 March 1936. Benjamin Britten and Adolph Hallis (pianos) First concert performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 22 June 1988. Peter Frankl and Tamas Vasary (pianos) Publication: Faber Music CHORAL MUSIC
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Works and Performances W91. A.M.D.G. [Ad majorem Dei gloriam] (1939) 7 settings of Hopkins for unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Prayer I Rosa Mystica God's Grandeur Prayer II O Deus, ego amo te The Soldier Heaven-Heaven
Duration: 17 minutes First performance (complete): Lxmdon, Purcell Room, 21 August 1984. Sinfonietta Voices conducted by Terry Edwards Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D36, D134 SEE: B840 W92. ADVANCE DEMOCRACY(1938) Motet for unaccompanied mixed voices (SSAATTBB) Text: Randall Swingler Duration: 3 minutes First performance: unable to trace Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D90 W93. ALLELUIA! (1971) A three-part canon on the plainchant "Alleluia" from the "Ceremony of Carols." Written (in November 1971) to celebrate Alec Robertson's 80th Birthday. Publication (limited): Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1972 A limited edition with 60 specially numbered copies and 135 copies printed in various papers and binding W94. ANTIPHON (Opus 56b - 1956) for mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: George Herbert Dedication: "For the centenary of St Michael's College, Tenbury"
50 Benjamin Britten Duration: 6 minutes First performance: Tenbury Wells, St Michael's College, 29 September 1956. College Choir and Kenneth Beard (organ) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D90, D149 W95. BALLAD OF HEROES (Opus 14 -1939) for tenor (or soprano) solo, mixed voices (SATB) and orchestra Text: Randall Swingler and W. H. Auden 1. Funeral March 2. Scherzo (Dance of Death) 3. Recitative and Choral 4. Epilogue (Funeral March) 3+1.3+1.2+1.3+1/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Offstage (ad lib): 3 trumpets and side drum Dedication: "To Montagu and Enid Slater" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: London, Queen's Hall, 5 April 1939 (Festival of "Music for the People"). Conductor: Constant Lambert Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D76, D77 SEE: B99, B130, B269 W96. THE BALLAD OF LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD (1943) Song for male voices (TTBB) and piano Text: Anon., from the Oxford Book of Ballads Dedication: "For Richard Wood and the musicians of Oflag Vllb Germany - 1943" Duration: 8V2 minutes First performance: Eichstatt (Germany), a prisoner-of-war camp, 20 February 1944. Richard Wood and musicians Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D90, D142 SEE: B30, B104, B841 W97. A BOY WAS BORN (Opus 3 -1932/33; revised 1955) Choral variations for unaccompanied men's, women's and boy's voices (organ optional) Theme: A Boy was Born (Anon. 16th Century)
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Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu (Anon, before 1536) Variation 2: Herod (Anon. 15th Century) Variation 3: Jesus, as Thou art our Saviour (Anon. 15th Century) Variation 4: The Three Kings (Anon. 15th Century) Variation 5: In the bleak mid-winter (Christina Rossetti - Anon. 15th Century) Variation 6 (Finale): Noel! (Anon. 15th Century, Thomas Tusser, Francis Quarles) Dedication: "To my Father" Duration: 30 minutes First performance: London, BBC, 23 February 1934. BBC Wireless Singers (Section A) and Choirboys of St Mark's, North Audley Street (Chorusmaster: Maurice Vinden), conducted by Ixslie Woodgate First concert performance: Iôndon, Ballet Club (Mercury) Theatre, 17 December 1934. Macnaughton - Ixmare Concert, conducted by Iris Lemare Publication: Oxford University Press (Theme, Variations 3 and 4 are published separately) RECORDING: 7, D36, D86, D95, D115 SEE: B7, B628 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Corpus Christi Carol (1961) Arranged by the composer from Variation 5 of "A Boy was Born" for treble solo (or unison voices) and organ Dedication: "For John Hahessy" Publication: Oxford University Press W98. THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE (Opus 79 - 1967) for orchestra and optional mixed voices (SATB) Text: Psalm 127 adapted from "The Whole Book of Psalms" by Imogen Hoist Written for the Inaugural Concert of the new Maltings Concert Hall, Snape 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.1/timpani percussion (1) organ (optional)/strings Alternative orchestra: 2.2.2.2/2.3.3.1/timpani percussion (1) organ (optional)/strings Duration: 5Vi minutes
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Benjamin Britten First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 2 June 1967. East Anglian Chorus and English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten First London performance: 16 January 1968 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D77 SEE: B426, B437, B731 DERIVED WORKS: 1. The Building of the House: arranged for symphonic wind band by Thad Marciniak Publication: Faber Music
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CANTATA ACADEMICA, (CARMEN BASILIENSE) (Opus 62 1959) for soloists (SATB), mixed voices (SATB) and orchestra Latin text, compiled from the charter of the University, and from older orations in praise of Basle, by Bernard Wyss 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (4) 2 harps piano (celesta ad lib.)/strings Dedication: "Composuit Universitati Basiliensi, sollemnia saecularia quinta celebranti, dedicavit Benjamin Britten MCMLX" Duration: 21 minutes First performance: Basle (Switzerland) the University, 1 July 1960. Agnes Giebel, Elsa Cavelti, Peter Pears and Heinz Rehfuss with the Basle University Chorus and the Basler Kammerorchester, conducted by Paul Sacher First London performance: 10 March 1961 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D97 SEE: B101, B204, B519, B520
W100. CANTA TA MISERICORDIUM (Opus 69 - 1963) for tenor and baritone soloists, mixed voices (SATB), string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp and timpani Latin text: Patrick Wilkinson "In honorem Societatis Crucis Rubrae kalendis septembribus A.S. MCMLXJII sollemnia saecularia Genavae celebrantis hoc opus compositum illo primum die auditum est" Dedication: "To Fidelity Cranbrook"
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Duration: 20 minutes First performance: Geneva (Switzerland), 1 September 1963. Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer - Dieskau with Le Motet de Geneve and l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet First British performance: London. 12 September 1963. Peter Pears and Thomas Helmsley with the BBC Chorus and the Iôndon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D51, D81 SEE: B54, B192, B250, B251, B716, B776, B863, B888 WlOl. A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (Opus 28 -1942; revised 1943) for treble voices and harp 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Procession Wolcum Yule! (Anon.) There is no rose (Anon.) (a) Thut yonge child (Anon.) (b) Bululalau (James, John and Robert Wedderburn) As dew in Aprille (Anon.) This little Babe (Southwell) Interlude (for harp) In freezing winter night (Southwell) Spring Carol (Cornish) Deo gracias (Anon.) Recession
Dedication: "For Ursula Nettleship" Duration: 23 minutes First performance: Norwich, the Castle, 5 December 1942. The Fleet Street Choir with Gwendolen Mason (harp), conducted by T. B. Lawrence First London performance: 21 December 1942 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes (several numbers are published separately, and two (6 and 8) arranged with English and Welsh words RECORDING: D18, D26, D92, D95, D128, D146, D149 DERIVED WORKS: 1. A Ceremony of Carols Arranged for mixed voices (SATB) and harp (or piano) by Julius Harrison
54 Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W102. CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (Opus 82-1969) Ballet for children's voices (with 9 solo parts) and small orchestra Text: Bertolt Brecht (trans. Hans Keller) Written for the 50th anniversary of The Save the Children Fund 6 solo percussion; tutti percussion; 2 pianos, chamber/electronic organ Dedication: "To Hans Werner Henze" Duration: 19 minutes First performance: London, St Paul's Cathedral, 19 May 1969. Wandsworth School Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Russell Burgess Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D100 SEE: B66, B283, B320, B398, B444, B525, B659 W103. EINLADUNGZURMARTINSGANS(1958) Eight part canon for voices and piano Written for the 60th birthday of Martin Hurlimann Unpublished W104. FANCIE (1961) for unison voices and piano Text: William Shakespeare Dedication: "For Mfarion] Hfarewood]" Duration: 1 minute Publication: Boosey & Hawkes Also published in Classical Songs for Children, edited by Marion Harewood and Ronald Duncan (Blond, 1964) DERIVED WORKS: 1. Fancie: arranged for voice and piano RECORDING: D84 W105. FESTIVAL TE DEUM (Opus 32-1944) for treble solo, mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: Book of Common Prayer
Works and Performances "Written for the Centenary Festival of St. Mark's, Swindon" Duration: 5 minutes First performance: Swindon, St Mark's Church, 24 April 1945. Resident choir and organist, conducted by J. J. Gale Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D7, D92, D149 SEE: B683 W106. FIVE FLOWER SONGS (Opus 47 - 1950) for unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To Daffodils (Robert Herrick) The Succession of the Four Sweet Months (Robert Herrick) Marsh Flowers (George Crabbe) The Evening Primrose (John Clare) The Ballad of Green Broom (Anon)
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Dedication: "To Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on the occasion of their twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary - 3 April 1950" Duration: 1014 minutes First performance: BBC, 24 May 1951. BBC Midlands Chorus First London performance: June 1951 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D15, D86, D139 SEE: B85, B86 W107. FRIDAY AFTERNOONS (Opus 7 - 1933/35) for children's voices and piano 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Begone, dull care (Anon.) A Tragic Story (Thackeray) Cuckoo! (Jane Taylor) Ee-Oh! (Anon.) A New Year Carol (Anon.) I must be married on Sunday (Udall) There was a man of Newington (Anon.) Fishing Song (Izaak Walton) The Useful Plough (Anon.) Jazz-Man (Eleanor Farjeon) There was a Monkey (Anon.) Old Abram Brown (Anon.)
Dedication: "To R.H.M. Britten and the boys of Clive House, Prestatyn, 1934"
56 Benjamin Britten Duration: 22 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes (Nos 2,5 and 12 are also published separately) RECORDING: D87, D95 DERIVED WORKS: 1. A New Year Carol Arranged for treble voices (SSA) and piano Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D92, D95 W108. THE GOLDEN VANITY (Opus 78 -1966) Vaudeville for boys and piano Text: Colin Graham, based on the English ballad Dedication: "Fur die Wiener Siingerknaben" Duration: 17 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 3 June 1967. Vienna Boys' Choir Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D99 SEE: B426, B659, B731, B768 W109. THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (1957) Traditional carol arranged for mixed voices (SATB) Dedication: "For June Gordon and the Haddo House Choral Society, 1957" Duration: 3 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D109
WHO. HYMN TO ST. CECILIA (Opus 27 - 1941/2) for unaccompanied mixed voices (SSATB) with solos, unaccompanied Text: W. H. Auden Dedication: "To Elizabeth Mayer" Duration: 12 minutes First performance: London, 22 November 1942. BBC Singers, conducted by Leslie Woodgate (A programme "Music Lover's Calender" - in which Alec Robertson talked about the Patron Saint of Music) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes
Works and Performances 57 RECORDING: D26, D36, D45, D75, D86, D97, D134, D139 SEE:B611 Will. A HYMN OF ST COLUMBIA (1962) Arranged for mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: attributed to St. Columba (set in Latin) Dedication: "For Derek Hill" Duration: 2V2 minutes First performance: Churchill (Co. Donegal, N. Ireland), 2 June 1963. The Ulster Singers, conducted by Havelock Nelson (prerecorded tape) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D18, D75, D91, D92, D134 SEE:B514, B793 W112. HYMN TO ST PETER (Opus 56a - 1955) Arranged for mixed voices (SATB) with treble solo and organ Text from the Gradual of the Feast of the Holy Apostles St Peter and St Paul "Written for the Quincentenary of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 1955" Duration: 514 minutes First performance: Norwich, St Peter Mancroft, 20 November 1955 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D75, D92, D134 SEE:B90, B91 Wl 13. A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN(\930/revised 1934) for unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Text: Anon, (circa 1300) Duration: 31/2 minutes First performance: Lowestoft, St John's Church, 5 January 1931. The Lowestoft Musical Society, conducted by C.J.R. Coleman Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D18, D92, D134 W114. I SAW THREE SHIPS (1930) Carol arranged for accompanied mixed chorus (SATB)
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Benjamin Britten Text: Traditional (English) Duration: 3 minutes First performance: Lowestoft, St. John's Church, 5 January 1931. The Lowestoft Musical Society, conducted by C.J.R. Coleman REVISED VERSION Revised in 1967 as The Sycamore Tree Dedication: "For Imo" First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 19 June 1968. Ambrosian Singers, conducted by Philip Ledger Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D90
W115. JUBILATE DEO (1961) For mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: The Book of Common Prayer (Psalm 100) "Written for St George's Chapel, Windsor, at the request of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh" Duration: 3 minutes First performance: Windsor, St George's Chapel, 26 July 1961. Chapel Choir with William Harris (organ). Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D26, D75, D92, D115, D149 SEE: B462 W116. JUBILATE DEO INE FLAT (1934) for mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: The Book of Common Prayer (Psalm 100) Duration: 3 minutes First performance: Winchester, Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Swithun, 4 March 1984. Cathedral Choir with James Iâncelot (organ), conducted by Martin Neary. Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D18, D149 Wl 17. KING HEROD AND THE COCK (1962) Carol arranged for unison voices and piano Text: Traditional Dedication: "For the London Boy Singers"
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First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 16 June 1962. London Boy Singers with Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING. D109 W118. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY/ CHRIST'SNATIVI1Y(1931) Christmas Suite for soprano, contralto and unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Christ's Nativity Sweet was the Song Preparations New Prince, New Pomp Carol of King Cnut (Henry Vaughan) (William Ballet's Lute Book) (Christ Church manuscript) (Robert Southwell) (C. W. Stubbs)
Duration: 16 minutes New Prince, New Pomp:First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 24 June 1955. Rosamund Strode (soprano) and Purcell Singers, conducted by Imogen Hoist. Sweet was the song (revised version):First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 15 June 1966. Pauline Stevens (contralto) and Purcell Singers, conducted by Imogen Hoist First complete performance: Southwold (Suffolk), St Edmund's Church, 14 June 1991. The Britten Singers conducted by Stephen Wilkinson Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D115, D131 W119. M4y(1934) Unison song with piano accompaniment Text: Anon. Duration: 1 minute Publication: The Year Book Press W120. MISSA BREVIS IN D (Opus 63 - 1959) for boys' voices and organ Text: The Roman Missal
Dedication: "For George Malcolm and the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir"
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Benjamin Britten Duration: 11 minutes First performance: London, Westminster Cathedral, 22 July 1959. Choir of Westminster Cathedral, conducted by George Malcolm Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D13, D18, D26, D92, D149 SEE: B452, B780
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THE OXEN ("Christmas Eve, at twelve of the clock") (1967) Carol for women's voices (SA) and piano Text: Thomas Hardy Dedication: "For Cecily Smithwick and the East Coker W.I." Duration: 3 minutes Publication: Faber Music Also published in the National Federation of Women's Institutes' Book of Carols (1968)
W122. PACIFISTMARCH (1936/7) Unison song with accompaniment Text: Ronald Duncan Duration: 4 minutes Publication: Peace Pledge Union W123. PRAISE WE GREAT MEN (1976) for soloists (SATB), mixed voices (SATB) and orchestra Text: Edith Sitwell Incomplete: unfinished fragment edited and orchestrated for performance by Colin Matthews 3+1.2+1.2/4.2.2/1.0/timpani percussion (2) piano harp/strings Duration: IV2 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 11 August 1985. Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass) with the Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich RECORDING: D77 SEE: B838 W124. PSALM 150 (Opus 67 -1962)
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for children's voices (2-part) and instruments including percussion and keyboard Text: The Book of Psalms "Written for the centenary celebrations of Old Buckenham Hall School - formerly South Lodge School, Lowestoft - July 1962" Duration: 5 minutes First (public) performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 24 June 1963. Northgate School Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D74, D95, D131 SEE: B776 W125. REJOICE IN THE LAMB (Opus 30 -1943) Festival cantata for mixed voices (SATB) with treble, alto, tenor and bass solos and organ Text: Christopher Smart (from Jubilate Agno) Dedication: "For the Rev. Walter Hussey and the choir of St. Matthew's Church, Northampton - on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the consecration of their church, 21 September 1945" Duration: 16 minutes First performance: Northampton, St Matthew's Church, 21 September 1943. Resident choir and organist, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D7, D26, D75, D90, D104, D134 SEE: B68, B490 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Arranged for chorus with orchestral accompaniment by Imogen Hoist 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/timpani, percussion, harp organ/strings 2. Arranged for female voices (SSAA) and organ by Edmund Walters Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W126. SACRED AND PROFANE (Opus 91 -1974/75) Eight medieval lyrics for unaccompanied voices (SSATB)
62 Benjamin Britten Text: Anon, (early English)
St Godric's Hymn 1 mon waxe wod Lenten is come The long night Yif ic of luve can Carol Ye that pasen by A death Dedication: "For P. P. and the Wilbye Consort" Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 14 September 1975. Wilbye Consort of Voices, conducted by Peter Pears First London performance: 30 December 1977 Publications: Faber Music RECORDING: D90 SEE: B613 W127. SAINT NICHOLAS (Opus 42 - 1948) Cantata for tenor solo, mixed chorus (SATB), semi-chorus (SA) four boy singers and string orchestra, piano duet, percussion and organ Text: Eric Crozier "This Cantata was written for performance at the centenary celebration of Lancing College, Sussex, on 24 July 1948" Duration: 50 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 5 June 1948. Peter Pears (tenor) the Aldeburgh Festival Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Woodgate First London performance: 23 June 1949 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D45, D131 SEE: B132, B487, B850 W128. SPRING SYMPHONY (Opus 44 -1949) for soprano, alto and tenor solos, mixed voices (SATB), boys' choir and orchestra Part 1. Introduction (Anon. 16th cent); The Merry Cuckoo (Spenser) Spring (Nashe); The Driving Boy (George Peele - John Clare); The Morning Star (Milton)
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Part 2. Welcome, Maids of Honour (Herrick); Waters above (Vaughan); Out on the Lawn (Auden) Part 3. When will my May come (Barnfield); Fair as fair (George Peele); Saw the Flute (Blake) Part 4. Finale: London, to thee I do present (Beaumont and Fletcher) 2+1.2+1.2+1.2.1/4.3.3.1 - cow horn/timpani, percussion (4) harps (2)/ strings Dedication: "For Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra" Duration: 45 minutes First performance: Amsterdam (Holland Festival), 9 July 1949. Jo Vincent, Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears, the Dutch Radio Choir and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Edward van Beinum First London performance: 9 March 1950 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D14, D74, D97, D133, D139 SEE: B139-B145, B180, B183, B240, B402, B433, B709, B829 W129. TE DEUMIN C MAJOR (1934) for mixed voices (treble solo, SATB) and organ (or strings, and harp or piano) Text: The Book of Common Prayer (Morning Prayer)
"Written for Maurice Vinden and the Choir of St. Mark's, North Audley Street, London" Duration: 8V2 minutes First performance: London, St Michael's, Cornhill, 13 November 1935. St. Michael's Singers and George Thalben-Ball (organ), directed by Harold Darke First performance (orchestral version, commissioned by the BBC): London, 27 January 1936, conducted by Reginald Goodall Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D26, D75, D90, D115, D149 SEE: B729 W130. THREE 2-PART SONGS (1932) for boys or women's voices and piano Text: Walter de la Mare
64 Benjamin Britten 1. The Ride-by-Nights 2. The Rainbow 3. The Ship of Rio Duration: 1,3, IV2 minutes First performance: London, The Ballet Club (Mercury Theatre), 12 December 1932. (A Macnaghten - Lemare Concert) Publication: Oxford University Press OTHER VERSIONS: 1. The Ship of Rio Arranged for solo voice and piano by Benjamin Britten Publication: Oxford University Press
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THE TWELVE APOSTLES (1962) arranged for solo voice, unison voices and piano Text: Traditional English song ("I'll Sing you one, oh") Duration: 6 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Parish Church, 16 June 1962. Peter Pears (tenor) with the London Boy Singers, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D109
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TWO PART-SONGS (1932/33) originally for boys' or female voices and piano 1. I IvOv'd a Lass (George Wither) 2. Lift Boy (Robert Graves) Duration: 2,3 minutes First performance: London, The Ballet Club (Mercury Theatre), 11 December 1933. Unnamed chorus conducted by Iris Lemare (A Macnaghten - Lemare Concert) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes
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VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO (1961) for mixed voices (SATB) and organ Text: The Book of Common Prayer (Morning Prayer) Duration: 3 minutes First performance: London, Westminster Abbey, 2 October 1983. Resident choir and organist, conducted by Simon Preston
Works and Performances Publication: W134. Oxford University Press
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VOICES FOR TODA Y (Opus 75 - 1965) Anthem for boys' chorus, double mixed voices (SSAATTBB) and organ (ad lib) Text: Virgil's Eclogue IV (Latin) and sentences from world literature (English) Written for the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Simultaneous triple premier in London, New York and Paris, 24 October 1965. London: Royal Festival Hall, LSO Chorus, choristers of Westminster Abbey/ Ralph Downes/ Istvan Kertesz/ Douglas Guest USA: UN General Assembly Hall, New York. Schola Cantorum, Farmingdale Boys' Choir/ Hugh Ross/ Arpad Darazs France: Maison de l'ORTF, Paris, French Radio Choir/ Jacques Jouineau/ Jean-Paul Kreder Publication: Faber Music SEE: B81, B265, B355, B687, B737
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WAR REQUIEM (Opus 66 -1961) for soprano, tenor and baritone solos, mixed chorus (SATB), boys= voices, orchestra, chamber orchestra and organ Text: The Missa pro Defunctis and poems of Wilfred Owen
2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1/6.4.3.1/timpani percussion (6) piano organ (ad lib)/ strings Chamber Orchestra: 1+1.1+1.1.1/1.0.0.0/timpani percussion harp/ string quintet Commisioned by: The Coventry Festival 1962 Dedication: "In loving memory of Roger Burney, Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R., Piers Dunkerley, Captain Royal Marines, David Gill, Ordinary Seaman-Royal Navy, Michael Haliday, Lieutenant, R.N.Z.N.V.R." Duration: 85 minutes First performance: Coventry, Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels, 30 May 1962. Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with the Coventry Festival Choir and the boys of Holy Trinity, Iêamington and Holy Trinity, Stratford, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
66 Benjamin Britten conducted by Meredith Davies and the Melos Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Britten First London performance: 16 December 1962 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D2, D3, D58, D76, D129, D148 SEE: B53, B82, B153, B154, B168, B170, B200, B271, B369, B411, B414, B453, B685, B728, B734, B773, B825, B836 W136. A WEALDEN TRIO: THE SONG OF THE WOMEN (1929; rewritten 1967) Carol for unaccompanied women's voices (SSA) Text: Ford Madox Ford Dedication: "For Rosamund" Duration: 3 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 19 June 1968. Ambrosian Singers, conducted by Philip Ixdger Publication: Faber Music W137. A WEDDING ANTHEM (AMO ERGO SUM) (Opus 46 -1949) for soprano and tenor solos, mixed chorus (SATB) and organ Text: Ronald Duncan Dedication: "For Marion and George [Harewood], 29 September 1949" Duration: 9Vi minutes First performance: London, St Mark's Church, North Audley Street. 29 September 1949 (The wedding of the Earl and Countess of Harewood). Soloists, choir and organ conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D7. D90, D149 SEE: B105, B653 W138. WELCOME ODE (Opus 95 -1976) for young people's chorus (SAB) and orchestra Text: 17th and 18th century English lyrics
March Jig (orchestra) Roundel Modulation (orchestra) Canon
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Written for the occasion of H. M. The Queen's Silver Jubilee visit to Ipswich 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (3) piano/strings Duration: 8 minutes First performance: Ipswich, Corn Exchange, 11 July 1977. Suffolk Schools' Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Keith Shaw First London performance: 31 October 1977 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING:D74 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Welcome Suite (1976) Jig, Roundel and Canon from "Welcome Ode" arranged for string orchestra by Tony Osborne Duration: 6 minutes Publication: Faber Music VI. SONGS
W139. A UNE RAISON ('Un coup de ton doigt') (1939) For high voices and piano Text: Arthur Rimbaud.
Discarded song from Les Illuminations (W166) W140. AUBE (1939) for high voice and string orchestra Text: Arthur Rimbaud
Discarded song from Les Illuminations (W166) W141. BEWARE (1922/26) Song for medium voice and piano Text: Henry Longfellow 1 minute
Duration:
68 Benjamin Britten First performance: University of East Anglia, 4 March 1980. Peter Pears (tenor and piano) Publication: Faber Music W142. THE BIRDS (1929, revised 1934) Song for medium voice and piano or strings Text: Hilaire Belloc
Dedication: "For my mother" Duration: 2 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D150 W143. A BIRTHDAY HANSEL (Opus 92 -1975) Song cycle for high voice and harp Text: R. Burns (Scottish dialect)
Written at the request of H.M. The Queen for the 75th birthday of H. M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 4 August 1975 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Birthday Song My Early Walk Wee Willee Gray My Hoggie Afton Water The Winter Leezie Lindsay
Duration: 17 minutes First performance: Germany, Schloss Elmair. 11 January 1976. Peter Pears (tenor) and Osian Ellis (harp) First UK performance: 19 March 1976 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D17, D68 SEE: B663 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Four Burns Songs (Opus 92) for high voice and piano Arranged by Colin Matthews from A Birthday Hansel Duration: 10 minutes
Works and Performances Publication: Faber Music W144. BIRTHDAYSONG FOR ERWIN (1945) for high voice and piano
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Text: Ronald Duncan Written to celebrate the 60th birthday of Erwin Stein (1885 - 1958) Duration: 12 minutes First public performance: Ixndon, Royal College of Music, 22 November 1988. Christopher Hobkirk (baritone) and Rosalind Jones (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: DllOa W145. CABARET SONGS (1937/39) for high voice and piano 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Johnny Funeral Blues (Stop all the clocks) Jam Tart Tell me the truth about love Calypso W. H. Auden
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Duration: 2 - 5 minutes each Publication (except Jam Tart): Faber Music RECORDING: D44, D94, D145 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Cabaret Songs, arranged for female voice and 6 piece chamberensemble by Daryl Runswick Publication: Faber Music 2. Britten's Blues Suite arranged for 6-piecc ensemble by Daryl Runswick Duration: 18 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 8 June 1990. Daryl Runswick All Stars W146. CANTICLE 1: MY BELOVED IS MINE (Opus 40 - 1947)
70 Benjamin Britten for high voice and piano Text: Francis Quarles
Dedication: "This Canticle was written for the Dick Sheppard Memorial concert on 1 November 1947, when it was performed by Peter Pears and the composer" Duration: 7 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D61, D68, D126 SEE: B116, B353, B741, B751 W147. CANTICLE II: ABRAHAM AND ISAAC (Opus 51 - 1952) for contralto, tenor and piano Text: Chester Miracle Plays
Dedication: "For Kathleen Ferrier and Peter Pears" Duration: 17 minutes First performance: Nottingham, 21 January 1952. Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: 3 February 1952 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D68, D126 SEE: B12,B13, B732, B809, B843 W148. CANTICLE III: STILL FALLS THE RAIN (Opus 55 - 1954) for tenor, horn and piano Text: Edith Sitwell ("The Canticle of the Rose")
Dedication: "To the memory of Noel Mewton-Wood" Duration: HVi minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 28 January 1955. Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D68, D126 SEE: B61, B668, B798, B844 W149. CANTICLE TV: JOURNEY OF THE MAGI (Opus 86 - 1971) for counter-tenor, tenor, baritone and piano
Works and Performances Text: T. S. Eliot
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Dedication: "To James, Peter and John" Duration: 11 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 26 June 1971. James Bowman (counter-tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: 28 May 1972 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D68, D126 SEE: B407, B445, B512, B592, B662 W150. CANTICLE V: THE DEATH OF ST NARCISSUS (Opus 89 -1974) for tenor and harp Text: T. S. Eliot
Dedication: "In loving memory of William Plomer" Duration: 7 minutes First performance: Upper Bavaria (Germany), Schloss Elmau, 15 January 1975. Peter Pears (tenor) and Osian Ellis (harp) First UK performance: Croydon, 23 January 1975 First London performance: 14 January 1976 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D68, D126 SEE: B17, B442, B596, B663 W151. A CHARM OF L ULLABIES (Opus 41-1947) for mezzo-soprano and piano 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A Cradle Song (Blake) The Highland Balou (Burns) Sephestia's Lullaby (Robert Greene) A Charm (Thomas Randolph) The Nurse's Song (John Philip)
Dedication: "For Nancy Evans" Duration: llV^ min utes First performance: The Hague (Netherlands), 3 January 1948 Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano) and Felix de Nobel (piano) First London performance: 8 February 1949 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D17, D153 SEE: B358, B656
72 Benjamin Britten W152. THE CHILDREN AND SIR NAMELESS (1953) Song for high voices and piano Text: Thomas Hardy
Discarded song from Winter Words (W199) First performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985 Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D123 W153. THE CLERK (1922/1926) Song for medium voice and piano Text: Herbert Asquith Faber Music
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W154. COME LITTLE BABE (1947) Song for mezzo-soprano and piano Text: Nicholas Breton
Discarded song from A Charm of Lullabies (W151) W155. CRADLE SONG: SLEEP, BEAUTY BRIGHT (1938) for soprano and contralto voices and piano Text: William Blake
Duration: 3 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 23 July 1994. Victoria Bell (soprano), Kathleen Roland (contralto) and Julia West (piano) Publication: Faber Music W156. CRADLE SONG ('SLEEP, MY DARLING SLEEP') (1942) for soprano and piano Text: Louis MacNeice Duration 3 minutes First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 15 June 1992. Lucy Shelton (soprano and Ian Brown (piano)
Works and Performances Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: Dl 10a W157. DAWTIESDEVOTION(1969) Song for tenor and piano Text: William Soutar
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Discarded song for Who are these Children (W197) First performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Faber Music W158. EPILOGUE: Perchance he for whom the bell tolls be so ill (1945) for high voice and piano Text: John Donne
Discarded song from The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (W163) W159. EVENING, MORNING, NIGHT [1940s/1950s] Song for tenor and harp (or piano) Text: Ronald Duncan Duration: 4 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W160. EVERYONE SANG (1930) for tenor and small orchestra Text: Siegfried Sassoon
First performance: London, BBC, 29 November 1995. Michael Bennet (tenor) and the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Unpublished W161. FISH IN THE UNRUFFLED LAKES (1938) Song for high voice and piano Text: W. H. Auden
Duration: 2Vi minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes
74 Benjamin Britten RECORDING: D67, D110a,D145, D150 W162 THE GULLY (1969) Song for tenor and piano Text: William Soutar
Discarded song from Who are these children? (W197) First performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Faber Music W163. THE HOLY SONNETS OF JOHN DONNE (Opus 35-1945) for high voice and piano 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. O my blacke Soule! Batter my heart O might those sighes and teares Oh, to vex me What if this present Since she whom I loved At the round earth's imagined corners Thou hast made me Death, be not proved
Dedication: "For Peter" Duration: 26 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 22 November 1945. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D49, DllOa, D123, D141 SEE: B51, B340, B477, B590, B615 W164. IF ITS EVER SPRING AGAIN (1953) Song for high voice and piano Text: Thomas Hardy
Discarded song from Winter Words (W199) First performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D123
Works and Performances W165. IF THOU WILT EASE THINE HEART (1942) Song for high voice and piano Text: Thomas Io)vell Beddoes
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Duration: 2 minutes First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 15 June 1992. Lucy Shelton (soprano) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDINGS 10a W166. LES ILLUMINATIONS (Opus 18-1939) for high voice and string orchestra Text: Arthur Rimbund 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Marine Interlude Being Beauteous Parade Depart
1. Fanfare 2. Villes 3. (a) Phrase (b) Antique 4. Royaute
Dedication: "For Sophie Wyss" Duration: 21 minutes First complete performance: London, 30 January 1940. Sophie Wyss (soprano) and the Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by Boyd Neel. (Numbers 7 and 5 were performed separately in Birmingham 1939, and in London 17 August 1939) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D9, D22, D46, D47, D60, D96, D114, D121, D147 SEE: B351 W167. MONREVE FAMILIER (1928) Song for soprano and orchestra Text: Paul Verlaine
Discarded song from Quatre Chansons Francaises (W181) W168. NIGHT COVERS UP THE RIGID LAND (1937) Song for high voice and piano Text: W. H. Auden
76 Benjamin Britten Duration: 2Vi minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 22 November 1985. Patricia Rozario (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) RECORDING: D110a,D145 SEE: B349 W169. NOCTURNE (Opus 60-1958) for tenor voice, 7 obligato instruments (flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, timpani) and string orchestra Text from: Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Tennyson: The Kraken (Bassoon obligato) Coleridge: The Wanderings of Cain (Harp obligato) Middleton: Blurt, Master Constable (Horn obligato) Wordsworth: The Prelude (1805) (Timpani obligato) Owen: The Kind Ghosts (English Horn obligato) Keats: Sleep and Poetry (Flute and Clarinet duet) Shakespeare: Sonnet 43 Dedication: "To Alma Mahler" Duration: 25 minutes First performance: Leeds, Town Hall, 16 October 1958. Peter Pears (tenor) and the BBC Symphony conducted by Rudolf Schwarz First London performance: 30 January 1959 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D9, D60, D85, D96, D121, D147 SEE: B202, B343, B418, B486 W170. NONPIUCHLFOCO (1940) Song for tenor and piano Text: Michaelangelo Discarded song from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (W185) W171. NOT EVEN SUMMER YET (1937) Song for high voice and piano Text: Peter Burra
Orchestra
Duration: IV2 minutes First performance: 1937. Nell Moody (soprano) and Gordon
Works and Performances Thorne (piano) First broadcast performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDINGS 10a SEE: B650a W172. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (1943) for tenor, horn and strings Text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Discarded song from Serenade (W184) and orchestrated by Colin Matthews Duration: 3 minutes First performance: London, Friends' House, 3 April 1987 (Peter Pears Memorial Concert). Neil Mackie (tenor), Alan Civil (horn) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D38, D85 W173. OH, THAT ED NE'ER BEEN MARRIED (1922/26) for medium voice and piano Text: Robert Burns
Duration: IV2 minutes First performance: London,Thames TV, 29 November 1976. Peter Pears (tenor) and Roger Vignoles (piano) Publication: Faber Music W174. ON THIS ISLAND (Opus 11 -1937) Five songs for high voice and piano Text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. W. H. Auden
Let the florid music praise! Now the leaves are falling fast Seascape (Also bears the inscription: "For Kit Welford") Nocturne As it is, plenty
Dedication: "To Christopher Isherwood"
78 Benjamin Britten Duration: 12V2 minutes First performance: London, BBC Broadcasting House Concert Hall, 19 November 1937. Sophie Wyss (soprano) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes (No.4 is published separately) RECORDING: (No. 5) D94, D145, D150 SEE: B97,B656 W175. OUR HUNTING FATHERS (Opus 8 -1936) Symphonic cycle for high voice and orchestra Text devised by W. H. Auden Prologue (W. H. Auden) A. Rats Away! (Anon.) B. Messaline (Ajion.) C. Dance of Death (T. Ravenscroft) Epilogue and Funeral March (W. H. Auden) 2.2.2.2/alto saxophone/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings Dedication: "Dedicated to Ralph Hawkes, Esq." Duration: 27 minutes First performance: Norwich, St Andrew's Hall, 25 September 1936. Sophie Wyss (soprano) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten First London performance: 30 April 1937 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D39, DD32, D152 SEE: B261, B334, B335, B336, B614, B656 W176. PHAEDRA (Opus 93 -1975) Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra Text: Robert Lowell's translation of Racine's Phedre
Timpani, percussion (2), harpsichord and strings Duration: 15 minutes First performance; Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 16 June 1976. Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford First London performance: 7 August 1977 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D22, D47, D63, D122, D124 SEE: B351, B563, B597
Works and Performances W177. PHRASE ('La Cascade Some') (1940) Song for tenor and piano Text: Michaelangelo Discarded song from Seven Sonnets of Michaelangelo (W185) W178. THE POET'S ECHO (Opus 76 -1965) for high voice and piano Text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Alexander Pushkin (Set in Russian)
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Echo My heart. Angel The Nightingale and the Rose Epigram Lines written during a sleepless night
Dedication: "For Galya and Slava" Duration: 16 minutes First complete performance: Moscow, Conservatoire of Music, 2 December 1965. Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) and Mstislav Rostropovich (piano) First London performance: 2 July 1966 First USA performance: 19 December 1965 in New York Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D101 SEE: B289,B770 W179. A POISON TREE (1935) for medium voice and piano Text: William Blake
Duration: 3 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 22 November 1986. Henry Herford (baritone) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: DllOa W180. PROLOGUE, SONG AND EPILOGUE (1956) for tenor, horn and piano
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Benjamin Britten Text: Edith Sitwell
Duration: 8 minutes Originally written to form, with Canticle III (W148), music in the programme "The Heart of the Matter" (Aldeburgh Festival, 1956) W181. QUATRE CHANSONS FRANQMSES (1928) for high voice and orchestra' Texts: Victor Hugo and Paul Verlaine 1. 2. 3. 4. Nuits de Juin (Hugo) Sagesse (Verlaine) L'Enfance (Hugo) Chanson d'Automne (Verlaine)
2.1.2+1.2/4.0.0.0/percussion (I) piano harp/strings Dedication: "To my parents" [on the occasion of their 27th wedding anniversary] Duration: 13 minutes First public performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 30 March 1980. Heather Harper (soprano) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D22, D46, D77, D152 SEE: B346, B664 W182. THE RED COCKATOO (1938) Song for high voice and piano Text from Chinese of Po Chii-i, translated by Arthur Waley Duration: 1 minute First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 17 June 1991. Lucy Shelton (soprano) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: Dl 10a W183. SECHS HOLDERLIN-FRAGMENTE (Opus 61 -1958) for voice and piano Text: Friedrich Holderlin
Works and Performances 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Menschenbeifall - The Applause of Men Die Fleimat - Home Sokrates und Alcibiades Die Jugend - Youth Halfte des Lebens The Middle of Life Die Liniein des Iêbens - Lines of Life
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Dedication: "Meinem Freund, dem Prinzen Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein, zum fiinfzigsten Geburtstag" Duration: 12 minutes First concert performance: Germany, Schloss Wolfsgarten, 20 November 1958. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: 1 February 1960 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D101 SEE: B904 W184. SERENADE (Opus 31 -1943) for tenor, horn and strings Prologue 1. Pastoral (Cotton) 2. Nocturne (Tennyson) 3. Elegy (Blake) 4. Dirge (Anon. 15th century) 5. Hymn (Jonson) 6. Sonnet (Keats) Epilogue Dedication: "To Edward Sackville-West" Duration: 24 minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 15 October 1943. Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn) and String Orchestra, conducted by Walter Goehr Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D9, D38, D39, D46, D85, D96, D107, D121, D147 SEE: B225, B446, B571 W185. SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (Opus 22 -1940) for tenor and piano Text (in Italian): Michelangelo (sonnets XVI, XXXI, XXX, LV, XXXV111, XXXII and XXIV
82 Benjamin Britten Dedication: "To Peter" Duration: 15!/2 minutes First (private) performance: USA, 1940 First public performance: London, Wigmore Hall, 23 September 1943. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D61, D107, D114, D123, D141 W186. SOMNUS THE HUMBLE GOD THAT DWELLS IN COTTAGES AND SMOKEY CELLS (1947) Song for mezzo-soprano and piano Text: Sir John Denham
Discarded song from A Charm of Lullabies (W151) W187. SONGS AND PROVERBS OF WILLIAM BLAKE (Opus 74 - 1965) for baritone and piano Texts selected from Blake by Peter Pears Proverb I - London Proverb II - The Chimney-Sweeper Proverb III - A Poison Tree Proverb IV - The Tyger Proverb V - The Fly Proverb VI - Ah, Sun-Flower! Proverb VII- Every Night and every Morn Dedication: "For Dieter: the past and the future" Duration: 22 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 24 June 1965. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: (Croydon), 6 December 1965 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D49 SEE: B169, B373, B423, B591, B879 W188. SONGS FROM THE CHINESE (Opus 58 -1957) for high voice and guitar (guitar part edited by Julian Bream) Text: Chinese poets, translated by Arthur Waley 1. The Big Chariot (The Book of Songs)
Works and Performances 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Old Lute (Po Chu-i) The Autumn Wind (Wu-ti) The Herd Boy (Lu Yu) Depression (Po Chii-i) Dance Song (The Book of Songs)
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Dedication: "To Peg and Lu, from Ben, Peter and Julian" Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Suffolk, Great Glemham House, 17 June 1958. Peter Pears (tenor) and Julian Bream (guitar) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D88 SEE: B6, B690 W189. THREE SMALL SONGS (1931) for soprano and small orchestra 1. Iôve is a sickness (Samuel Daniel) 2. Aspatia's song (John Fletcher) 3. Hymn to Pan (John Fletcher) First performance: Snape, Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, 6 October 1986. Louise Camens (soprano) and Stephen Rails (piano) Unpublished W190. TIT FOR TAT (1928/31, re-written 1968) Five settings from boyhood of poems by Walter de la Mare for voice and piano 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A Song of Enchantment (January 1929) Autumn (1931) Silver (1928) Vigil (1930) Tit for Tat (1928)
Dedication: "For Dick de la Mare, June 4th 1969" Duration: 9 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 23 June 1969. John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) and Benjamin Britten (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D21 SEE: B242, B560, B662
84 Benjamin Britten W191. TO LIE FLAT ON THE BACK (1937) Song for high voice and piano Text: W. H. Auden
Duration: 2Vi minutes First performance: Iôndon, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) RECORDING: D110a,D145 SEE: B349 W192. TRADITION (1969) Song for tenor and piano Text: William Soutar
Discarded song from Who are these children? (W197) First performance: London, BBC, 23 April 1985. Neil Mackie (tenor) and John Blakeley (piano) Publication: Faber Music W193. TWO BALLADS (1936) for two voices and piano Mother Comfort: Montagu Slater Under the Abject Willow: W. H. Auden Duration: 2lA, 3lA minutes First performance: London, Wigmore Hall 15 December 1936. Sophie Wyss (soprano), Betty Bannermen (soprano) and Adolph Hallis (piano) Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D41 SEE: B138 W194. UMMITTERNACHT (1959 or 1960) Song for high voice and piano Text: Goethe
Duration: 3lA minutes First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 15 June 1992. Lucy Shelton (soprano) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music
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Incomplete discarded song for Seven Sonnets of Michaelangelo (W185) W196. WHEN YOU'RE FEELING AFFECTION (1935-36) Song for high voice and piano Text: [W. H. Auden] LIKE EXPRESSING YOUR
Duration: 1 minute First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 15 June 1992. Lucy Shelton (soprano) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D94, DllOa, D145 W197. WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN? (Opus 84 -1969) Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles for tenor and piano Text: William Soutar (English) Written for Tertia Liebenthal's 700th National Gallery of Scotland Concert 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. A Riddle (The Earth) A Laddie's Song Nightmare Black Day Bed-time Slaughter A Riddle (The Child You Were) The Larky Lad Who are These Children? Supper The Children The Auld Aik
Dedication: "To Tertia Liebenthal" Duration: 19 minutes
86 Benjamin Britten First complete performance: Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, 4 May 1971. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: 27 September 1971 Publication: Faber Music SEE: B63, B64, B404, B662, B723, B775 W198. WILD WITH PASSION (1942) Song for high voice and piano Text: Thomas Lovell Beddes
Duration: 2!/2 minutes First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 15 June 1992. Lucy Shelton (soprano) and Ian Brown (piano) Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: DllOa W199. WINTER WORDS (Opus 52 - 1953) Lyrics and Ballads for high voice and piano Text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Thomas Hardy
At day-close in November Midnight on the Great Western Wagtail and Baby The little old table The Choirmaster's Burial Proud Songsters At the Railway Station, Upway Before Life and After
Dedication: "To John and Myfanwy Piper" Duration: 20 minutes First performance: Leeds, Harewood House, 8 October 1953. Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano) First London performance: 24 January 1954 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D61, D123, D141 SEE: B46,B156,B157,B158,B353 VII. CHURCH PARABLES
Works and Performances W200. THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE (Opus 77 - 1965/66) Second parable for church performance
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Libretto: William Plomer Flute (doubling piccolo), horn, alto trombone, viola, double-bass (doubling Babylonian drum), harp (doubling little harp), percussion, chamber organ (doubling small cymbals) Dedication: "To Donald and Kathleen Mitchell" Duration: 64 minutes First performance: Orford, Parish Church, 9 June 1966. English Opera Group (music under the direction of Benjamin Britten). Production and settings by Colin Graham. Costumes by Annena Stubbs First London performance: 24 July 1967 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D70 SEE: B22, B52, B57, B60, B249, B292, B366, B370, B409, B565, B595, B644a, B687, B810, B883 W201. CURLEW RIVER (Opus 71 -1964) Parable for church performance Libretto: William Plomer after the medieval Japanese Non-play Flute (doubling piccolo), horn, viola, double-bass, harp, percussion, chamber organ Dedication: "To Michael Tippett, in friendship and admiration" Duration: 71 minutes First performance: Orford, Parish Church, 12 June 1964. English Opera Group (music under the direction of Benjamin Britten). Production and settings by Colin Graham. Costumes by Annena Stubbs First London performance: 13 July 1964 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D53, D118, D151 SEE: B79, B110, B217, B238, B279, B380, B392, B413, B419, B482, B562, B595, B621, B657, B670, B680, B688, B881 W202. THE PRODIGAL SON (Opus 81 - 1967/68) Third parable for church performance Libretto: William Plomer Alto flute (doubling piccolo), trumpet, horn, viola, double-bass, harp, percussion, chamber organ Dedication: "To Dimitri Shostakovich"
88 Benjamin Britten Duration: 69 minutes First performance: Orford, Parish Church, 10 June 1968. English Opera Group (music under the director of Benjamin Britten). Production and settings by Colin Graham. Costumes by Annena Stubbs First London performance: 13 July 1968 Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D69 SEE: B126, B421, B510, B594, B619, B658, B760, B795 VIII. FILM MUSIC
W203. ADVANCE DEMOCRACY (1938) Music for the film (Realistic Film Unit) Director and script: Ralph Bond Chorus (SATB) and percussion Released in October 1938 W204. AROUND THE VILLAGE GREEN (1936/37) Music for the film (Travel and Industrial Development Association) Producers and directors: Marian Grierson and Evelyn Spice 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet (B-flat), trumpet (Bflat), trombone, timpani, harp and strings DERIVED WORKS: 1. Irish Reel (1936/37) Title music for "Around the Village Green" 1+1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/timpani harp/strings Duration: 3 minutes First concert performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 17 June 1995. City of London Sinfonia , conducted by Richard Hickox Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D128 W205. BOOK BARGAIN (1937?) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Director: Norman McLaren
Works and Performances 89 Piccolo, clarinet (A), percussion and 2 pianos Released in 1937 W206. CALENDAR OF THE YEAR (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: Alberto Cavalcanti Director: Evelyn Spice Flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp and string quintet SEE: W748 W207. COALFACE (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: John Grierson Director and script: Albert Cavalcenti Verse: W. H. Auden, Montagu Slater Commentator, whistler, chorus (SATB), percussion and piano SEE: B752 W208. CONQUERING SPACE (The Story of Modern Communications) (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: Stuart Ixgge Flute, oboe, clarinet (B flat and A), bassoon, percussion and piano W209. C.T.O. - THE STORY OF THE CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: Stuart Legg Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat), percussion (2) and piano W210. DINNER HOUR (1935) Music for the film (British Commercial Gas Association) Producer: Arthur Elton Director: Edgar Anstey Flute, clarinet (A), percussion, piano, violin and cello W211. FOUR BARRIERS (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit/Pro Telephon, Zurich)
90 Benjamin Britten Producer: Harry Watt Released in 1937 W212. GAS ABSTRACT (\935) Music for the film (British Commercial Gas Association/ Gas, Light and Coke Company) Flute, clarinet (B-tlat), bassoon, percussion and piano W213. GOD'S CHILLUN (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Script: W. H. Auden Editors: Max Anderson, Gordon Hales and Rona Morrison Commentator, soloists (STB), chorus (TB), oboe, percussion (2), harp and piano W214. G.P.O. TITLE MUSIC 1 AND 2 (1935) Flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet (c), percussion, harp and string quartet W215. HOW GAS IS MADE (1935) Music from the film (British Commercial Gas Association) Director: Edgar Anstey W216. HOW THE DIAL WORKS (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producers: Ralph Elton and Rona Morrison Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat), percussion (2) and piano W217. H.P.O. (6d Telegram) (1935) Music for the film (GPO film unit) W218. THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA (1945) Music for the film (Crown Film Unit) Produced for the Ministry of Education Producer: Alexander Shaw Director: Muir Mathieson Script: Montagu Slater 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.2+1.1/timpani percussion (3), harp and strings
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First screened: Iôndon, Empire Theatre (Leicester Square) 29 November 1946. Music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Sargent Full score now in Beinecke Library, Yale University SEE: B753 DERIVED WORKS: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Opus 34 - 1945) Variations and fugue on a theme of Henry Purcell, for speaker and orchestra , or orchestra alone Optional text by Eric Crozier 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (3) harp/strings Dedication: "The work is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud: Humphrey, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment" Duration: 17 minutes First performance: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall, 15 October 1946. The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Sargent First London: 17 November 1946 Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D11,D16,D30 SEE: B350 W219. THE KING'S STAMP7 (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Director: William Coldstream Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (B-flat and A), percussion and 2 piano W220. LINE TO THE TSCHIEVRA HUT (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit/ Pro Telephone, Zurich) Producer: John Grierson Direction and script: Alberto Cavalcanti Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (B-flat), trumpet (C), percussion, harp and string quintet 'Britten's first work for the GPO Film Unit. The film documented the preparation of the King George V Jubilee Stamp
92 Benjamin Britten Released in 1937 SEE: B754 W221. LOVE FROM A STRANGER (1936) Music from the feature film (Trafalgar Films) Producer: Max Schach Director: Rowland V. Lee Screenplay: Frances Marion from the stage play by Frank Vasper based on a story by Agatha Christie Musical director: Boyd Neel Cast included: Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone 2.2.2+alto sax.l/0.2.2.0/percussion harp/strings Premiere: London, 7 January 1937 SEE: B755 W222. MEN BEHIND THE METERS (1935) Music for the film (British Commercial Gas Association) Director: Arthur Elton Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat and A), percussion, piano, violin and cello W223. MEN OF THE ALPS (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit/Pro Telephon, Zurich) Producer: Harry Watt Director: Alberto Cavalcanti Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (B-flat), trumpet (C), percussion, harp and string quintet SEE: B756 W224. MESSAGE FROM GENEVA (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit/Pro Telephon, Zurich) Director and script: Alberto Cavalceinti Released in 1937 W225. MONYA PICKLE (1938) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producers and directors: Alberto Cavalcanti and Richard
Works and Performances Massingham Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (B-flat, A), percussion and 2 pianos Released in 1938
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W226. NEGROES (1935) Music for the film William Coldstream and W. H. Auden were involved in the film's production W227. THE NEW OPERATOR (1935) Music for the film (Empire Marketing Board Film Unit/GPO Film Unit) Producer: John Grierson Director: Stuart Legg Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat), bassoon, percussion and piano W228. NIGHT MAIL (1935/36) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: John Grierson Directors: Harry Watt and Basil Wright Script: John Grierson, Harry Watt and Basil Wright Verse: W. H. Auden Sound supervision: Alberto Cavalcanti Commentator, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet (C), percussion (including sandpaper), harp and string quartet RECORDING: D124 SEE: B528 W229. PEACE OF BRITAIN (1936) Music for the film (Strand Film) Producer: Paul Rotha Flute, clarinet (B-flat), trumpet (B-flat), percussion, piano and string quintet W230. THE SAVING OF BILL BLEWITT (1936) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producers: John Grierson and Alberto Cavalcanti Director and script: Alberto Cavalcanti Flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp and string
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THE SA VINGS BANK (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: Stuart Legg Flute, oboe, clarinet (A), bassoon, percussion and piano
W232. SORTING OFFICE (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Director: Harry Watt Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-tlat) bassoon, percussion and piano W233. TELEGRAMS (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Boys voices, flute, oboe, clarinet (A), percussion (2) and piano Released in 1938 W234. TITLE MUSIC III (1935) (British Commercial Gas Association) Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (B-flat), percussion, piano, violin and cello W235. THE TOCHER (1935) Music for the film (GPO Film Unit) Producer: Alberto Cavalcanti Animator: Lotte Reiniger Boy's voices, flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet (B-flat and A), percussion (2) and piano The score consists of arrangements of music by Rossini which Brittten later re-orchestrated for Soirees Miisicales (W306) and Matinees Miisicales (W301) SEE: B760 W236. THE WA Y TO THE SEA (1936) Music for the film (Strand Films for Southern Railways) Producer: Paul Rotha
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Director: John B Holmes Verse: W. H. Auden Commentator, flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling car anglais), clarinet (B-flat, A) alto saxophone (E-flat), trumpet (C), trombone, percussion, harp and piano Released in 1937 RECORDING: D128 IX. INCIDENTAL MUSIC
W237. THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLUS (1936) Music for the play by Aeschylus (Group Theatre), translated by Louis MacNeice Producer and choreographer: Rupert Doone Designer: Robert Medley Musical director: Brian Easdale Chorus (SATB), 2 flutes, car anglais, clarinet (B-flat) and percussion First performance: London, Westminster Theatre, 1 November 1936 W238. AM STRAM GRAM (1954) Song for male and female voices and piano Text: Andre Roussin Producer: Victor Azavia Duration: IV2 minutes First performance: London, Toynbee Hall Theatre, 4 March 1954 W239. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND 2: NO.l - LONDON BY CLIPPER (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/BBC. London Author: Norman Corwin who also directed the programme for CBS Producer: Edward R. Murrow Narrator: Joseph Julian
A series of 6 dramas, designed to inform American audiences about conditions in wartime Britain
96 Benjamin Britten 2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1/4 cornet 3.3.1/timpani percussion (3) piano harp/ strings First USA broadcast: 26 July 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R. P. O'Donnell First UK broadcast: 14 August 1942 (Forces Programme) W240. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND: NO.2 - LONDON TO DOVER (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/ BBC, London Author: Norman Corwin Producer: Edward R. Murrow 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3 euphonium/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings First USA broadcast: 10/11 August 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R.P.O.Donnell First UK broadcast: 21 August 1942 (Forces Programme) W241. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND: NO.3 - RATION ISLAND (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/ BBC, London Author: Norman Corwin Producer: Edward R. Murrow 2+1.2+1.2.2/4.2.4.2.1/timpani percussion (2) piano harp/strings First USA broadcast: 17/18 August 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R.P. O'Donnell First UK broadcast: 28 August 1942 (Forces Programme) W242. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND: NO.4 - WOMEN OF BRITAIN (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/BBC, London Author: Norman Corwin Producer: Edward R. Murrow 2+1.2.1.2.2+1/4.2.4.0/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings First USA broadcast: 24/25 August 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R.P. O'Donnell First UK broadcast: 4 September 1942 (Forces Programme)
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W243. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND: NO.5 -THE YANKS ARE HERE (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/BBC, London Author: Norman Corwin Producer: Edward R. Murrow 2.2.2.2.2+1/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) piano harp/strings First USA broadcast: 31 August/1 September 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R.P. O'Donnell First UK broadcast: 11 September 1942 (Forces Programme) W244. AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND: NO.6 - THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ANGLE (1942) Radio feature: CBS, New York/BBC, London Author: Norman Corwin Producer: Edward R. Murrow 1.1.2.2/2.2.3.0/timpani percussion harp/3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass First USA broadcast: 7/8 September 1942. RAF Orchestra, conducted by R.P. O'Donnell First UK broadcast: 18 September 1942 (Forces Programme) W245. AN AGREEMENT OF THE PEOPLE (1942) Music for the play by Montagu Slater First performance: Wembley (London), Empress Stadium, 1942. Members of the Co-operative Society W246. APPOINTMENT (1942) Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Author and producer: Norman Corwin 2+1.2+1.2.2/4.2.3.0/timpani percussion harp/strings First broadcast: 20 July 1942. BBC Northern Orchestra (with L. B. Elly on extra percussion), conducted by Benjamin Britten W247. THE ASCENT OF F6 (1937)
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Benjamin Britten Music of the play by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood (Group Theatre) Producer: Rupert Doone Designer: Robert Medley Female voice, 2 male voices, chorus (SATB), percussion, ukelele and 2 pianos First performance: London, Mercury Theatre, 26 February 1937. Music directed by Brian Easdale
W248. BRITAIN TO AMERICA, SERIES 13 - NO. 9; BRITAIN THROUGH AMERICAN EYES (1942) Radio feature: BBC, London for NBC, New York Author: Louis MacNeice Producer: Lawrence Gillian 2 +1.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/timpani percussion harp/strings First USA broadcast: 20 September 1942. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson First UK broadcast: 9 October 1942 (Home Service). Duration of music: 4'56" W249. BRITAIN TO AMERICA, SERIES II - NO.4: WHERE DO I COME /A? (1942) Radio feature: BBC, London for NBC, New York Author: Louis MacNeice Producer: Lawrence Gillian 1 + 1.1 + 1.2.1/2.2.2.0/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings First USA broadcast: 1 November 1942. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson First UK broadcast: 7 November 1942 (Forces Programme) Duration of music: 4'30"
Two series of 13 and 9 half-hour programmes about Britain and the British, made at the request of NBC, New York
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W250. BRITAIN TO AMERICA, SERIES II - NO.l3: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (1942) Radio feature: BBC, London for NBC, New York Author: Ix)uis MacNiece Producer: Iâwrence Gillian 1+1.1.2+alto saxophone. 1/2.2.3.0/timpani percussion harp/strings First USA broadcast: 3 January 1943. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson First UK broadcast: 9 January 1943 (Home Service) Duration of music: 4'29" W251. THE CHARTISTS'MARCH (1938) Radio drama: BBC, London Author: J. H. Miller Producer: John Pudney Chorus (TB) and percussion First broadcast: 13 May 1938. Section of the BBC's Men's Chorus, conducted by Benjamin Britten W252. THE COMPANY OF HEA VEN (1937) Radio sequence for a programme specially devised for Michelmas: BBC, London Compiler: R. Ellis Roberts Producer: Robin Whitworth Solo (Saw T), chorus (SATB), timpani, organ and strings First broadcast: 29 September 1937. Felix Aylmer, Ian Dawson, Stewart Rome (readers), Sophie Wyss (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), BBC Chorus (Section B) and Orchestra (Section C), with John Wills (organ), conducted by Trevor Harvey The programme was divided into three parts: 1. Before the Creation 2. Angels in Scripture 3. Angels in Common Life and at our Death SEE: B749, B750, B752a
100 Benjamin Britten DERIVED WORKS: 1. The Company of Heaven Cantata for speaker(s), soprano and tenor soloists, chorus (SATB), timpani, organ and strings Duration: 20 or 45 minutes (short version is without narration) First concert performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 10 June 1989. Sheila Allen and Peter Barkworth (speakers), Cathryn Pope (soprano), Dan Dresser ((tenor), Iôndon Philharmonic Choir, Christopher Herrick (organ) and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Philip Brunelle Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D65a 2. The Company of Heaven Concert Suite arranged by Trevor Harvey First performance: 20 May 1954 (BBC Home Service). April Cantelo and John Carolan, the BBC Chorus and the St. Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Trevor Harvey Unpublished 3. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High Anthem for unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Duration: 4 minutes Publication: Faber Music W253. THE DARK TOWER (1946): a parable play on the ancient theme of The Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Author and producer: Iôuis MacNeice Trumpet, percussion and strings First broadcast: 21 January, 1946. Ensemble (Richard Walton (trumpet), James Blades (percussion) and 31 strings) conducted by Walter Goehr Duration of music: 20'39" Cyril Cusack played the part of Roland W254. THE DARK VALLEY (1940)
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Radio drama incidental music: CBS (Columbia Workshop), New York Author: W. H. Auden Producer: Brewster Morgan A monologue written for Dame May Whitty Female voice, flute, cor anglais, clarinet, trumpet and percussion (bells) First broadcast: 2 June 1940 Ensemble conducted by Bernard Herrmann W255. THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (1946) Music for the play by John Webster, adapted by W. H. Auden Producer: George Rylands Scenery: Harry Bennett Costumes: Miles White First performance: Metropolitan Theatre, Providence (Rhode Island, USA), 20 September 1946 W256. THE DYNASTS (1940) Radio drama incidental music: CBS (Columbia Workshop), New York Author: Thomas Hardy Brass, percussion and strings First broadcast: 24 November 1940 W257. THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS (1946) Music for the play by Jean Cocteau, translated by Ronald Duncan (Company of 4) Producer: Murray MacDonald
4 horn, 3 trumpet, 3 trombones, euphonic, E-flat bass and percussion First performance: Hammersmith, London, 4 September 1946. Music recorded by the Band of the Household Cavalry
102 Benjamin Britten W258. EASTER 1916 (1935) Music for the play by Montagu Slater (Left Theatre, etc) Author: Montagu Slater Producer: Andre van Gyseghem Male and female voices, percussion and accordion First (private) performance: London, Islington Town Hall, 4 December 1935. Music conducted by Charles Kahn W259. THE FOUR FREEDOMS - NO.l: PERICLES (1943) Radio feature: BBC, London Author and producer: Ix)uis MacNeice First broadcast: 21 February 1943. Music (duration: 1'52") pre-recorded by Gordon Walker (1 st flute), Edward Walker (2nd flute & piccolo) and Watson Forbes (viola). Note: MacNeice is said to have had asked Britten for music "of a rather special nature being an impression of early Greek music." W260. HADRIAN'S WALL (1937): from Caesar to the National Trust Radio feature: BBC, Newcastle upon Tyne Author: W. H. Auden Producer: John Pudney Male voice chorus ([SA]TB), percussion and string quartet First broadcast: Newcastle upon Tyne, BBC Studios, 25 November 1937. Felling Male Voice Choir and the Leslie Russell Quartet, conducted by Benjamin Britten W261. JOHNSON OVER JORDAN (1939) Music for the play by J. B. Priestley Producer: Basil Dean Designer: Edward Carrick Costumes and Masks: Elizabeth Haffenden Choreography: Anthony Tudor
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Soprano, flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet (doubling alto saxophone), bassoon, 2 trumpets, trombone, percussion, piano and strings Duration (of the music) 35 minutes First performance: London, New Theatre, 22 February 1939. Music directed by Ernest Irving DERIVED WORKS: 1. Johnson Over Jordan: Suite for Orchestra Compiled by Paul Hindmarsh Overture Incinerator's Ballet The Spider and the Fly End Music 1+1.1.2 or 3.1/0.2.1.0/timpani percussion (1) piano/strings Duration: 18 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 22 June 1990 English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steuart Bedford Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D82 2. The Spider and the Fly Arranged for brass band by Philip Sparke Duration: 4 minutes Publication: Faber Music W262. KING ARTHUR (1937) Radio drama incidental music for a St. George's Day Programme: BBC, London Author: D. Geoffrey Bridson Producer: Val Gielgud Chorus (SATB), 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, clarinet, 2 bassoons (2nd doubling double bassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (2) harp and strings First broadcast: 23 April 1937. BBC Chorus (Section B) and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould
104 Benjamin Britten The programme was divided into three parts: 1 - The Excalibur 2 - The Grail 3 - Camelot DERIVED WORKS: 1. King Arthur: Suite for Orchestra Adapted by Paul Hindmarsh 1 - Overture: Fanfare - Introduction - The Lady of the Lake Wedding March 2 - Scherzo: Doom - Wild Dance - Death Music - Wild Dance 3 - Variations: Galahad - Grail Music 4 - Finale: Battle and Apotheosis Duration: 25 minutes First performance: London, Royal Academy of Music, October 1995. The RAM Orchestra, conducted by Lutz Kohler Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D138 W263. LINES ON THE MAP (1938) Radio feature: BBC, London 1. Communication by Land (Author - Stephen Potter) 2. Communication by Sea (Author - James Miller) 3. Communication by Wireless (Author - D. F. Aitken and E. J. Alway) 4. Communication by Air (Author - Stephen Potter) Producers: John Pudney and Leslie Stokes 2 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, percussion First broadcast: 1. 27 January 1938 } (Regional Service) 2. 25 February 1938} 3. 25 March 1938 } (National Programme) 4. 22 April 1938 } W264. LUMBERJACKS OF AMERICA (1942) Radio feature: BBC, London/New York Author: Ranald MacDougall
Works and Performances Producer: Charles A. Schenk, Jnr
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Flute, clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, trombone, percussion, piano, harp and double bass First broadcast: 24 August 1942. Orchestra of 10 players (live), conducted by Benjamin Britten. This feature was recorded in the New York Office of the BBC on 13 June 1942. The music was played live and added when the programme was broadcast on 24 August 1942. W265. THE MAN BORN TO BE KING - NO.10: THE PRINCES OF THIS WORLD (1942) Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Author: Dorothy L. Sayers Producer: Val Gielgud Male voices and piano First broadcast: 23 August 1942. Song (unaccompanied) composed by Britten and Dorothy L. Sayers and sung by the cast in the studio: "Bring me Roses, bring me Wine" W266. THE MAN BORN TO BE KING - NO.ll: SORROWS (1942) Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Author: Dorothy L. Sayers Producer: Val Gielgud Female voice, male chorus and piano First broadcast; 20 September 1942. Hermiome Gingold sang "Home Again", a song composed by Britten and Dorothy L. Sayers. According to Programmes-As-Broadcast, "Miss McEwan accompanied at rehearsals only" W267. MEN OF GOODWILL: THE REUNION OF CHRISTMAS (1947) Incidental radio music: BBC, London Compilers and producers: Lawrence Gillian and Leonard Cottrell 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2) harp/strings THE KING OF
106 Benjamin Britten First broadcast: 25 December 1947. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr. Narrator: Laurence Olivier The programme was divided into three sections: 1 - Christmas in Europe 2 - Christmas in the British Isles 3 - Christmas in the Commonwealth DERIVED WORKS: 1. Men of Goodwill Variations on a Christmas Carol (God rest ye Merry Gentlemen) for orchestra Instrumentation: as above Duration: 8 minutes Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D30 SEE: B350 W268. ON THE FRONTIER (193S) Music for the play by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood (Group Theatre) Producer: Rupert Doone Designer: Robert Medley Male voice, chorus (SS Mez T Bar B), 2 trumpets, percussion, accordion and piano (2 and 4 hands) First performance: Cambridge, Art Theatre, 14 November 1938. Ensemble conducted by Brian Easdale (including Britten playing the piano) W269. OUT OF THE PICTURE (1937) Music for the play by Louis MacNeice (Group Theatre) Producer: Rupert Doone Designers: Robert Medley and Geoffrey W. Monk Male voice, soprano, chorus (SATB), trumpet, percussion and piano (2 and 4 hands) First performance: London, Westminster Theatre, 5 December 1937. Ensemble conducted by Brian Easdale
Works and Performances W270. PAGEANTOFEMPIRE (1937) Music for the play by Montagu Slater (Left Theatre) Author: Montagu Slater
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Male and female vices, chorus (male voices), clarinet, alto, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, cello and double bass First performance: London, Collins' Music Hall, 28 February 1937. Ensemble conducted by Charles Kahn W271. A POETS CHRISTMAS (1944) Radio feature: BBC, London Various authors including W. H. Auden, Cecil Day Lewis, Edith Sitwell and Louis MacNeice Producer: Edward Sackville - West Mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) First broadcast: 24 December 1944 (pre-recorded at Bedford on 5 December 1944). BBC Singers conducted by Leslie Woodgate. Britten contributed A Shepherd's Carol and Chorale after an Old French Carol The programme also included first performance of settings by Lennox Berkeley (There was neither grass nor corn') and Michael Tippett (The Weeping Babe') DERIVED WORKS: 1. Chorale after an old French Carol and Shepherd's Carol For unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Duration: 4 minutes and 3 minutes Publication: Faber Music/Novello RECORDING: D36, D81, D92 W272. THE PUNCH REVUE (1955) Compiled by Ronald Duncan Authors of Britten's contribution: W. H. Auden and William Plomer Producer: Vida Hope
108 Benjamin Britten Female voices and piano First performance: London, Duke of York's Theatre, 28 September 1955 SEE: B127 W273. THE RESCUE (1943): Poetic drama Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Author: Edward Sackville - West, based on Homer's Odyssey Producer: John Burrell Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass soloists 2+1.2.2 alto saxophone. 2/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) piano harp/strings First broadcast: 25 November 1943 (part 1) and 26 November 1943 (part 2). BBC Symphony. Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould SEE: B384a, B739 DERIVED WORKS: 1. The Rescue of Penelope Concert version of the radio drama for narrator, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists and orchestra Instrumentation: as above Duration: 45 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 23 October 1993. Soloists and BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D122 SEE: B197, B762 W274. THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER (1941) Radio drama incidental music: CBS (Columbia Workshop), New York Authors: W. H. Auden and James Stern from the story by D. H. Lawrence Producer: Guy Delia Gioppa
Works and Performances Male voices, flute, clarinet, percussion and harp First broadcast: 6 April 1941. Ensemble conducted by Bernard Herrmann
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W275. SPAIN (1938) Music for the puppet play by Montagu Slater (Binyon Puppets) Author: Montagu Slater Designer: Helen Binyon Male and female voices, clarinet, violin and piano First performance: Ixmdon, Mercury Theatre, 22 June 1938. Ensemble conducted by Frank Kennard W276. STAYDOWN MINER (1936) Music for the play by Montagu Slater (Left Theatre) Author: Montagu Slater Producer: Wilfred Walter Tenor or baritone, male chorus (TB), clarinet, percussion, violin and cello First performance: London, Westminster Theatre, 10 May 1936. Ensemble conducted by Charles Kahn W277. STRATTON (1949) Music for the play by Ronald Duncan Producer: John Fernald Designer: Reece Pemberton First performance: Brighton, Theatre Royal, 31 October 1949. Music recorded by the English Opera Group Orchestra, conducted by Norman del Mar W278. THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1939) Radio drama incidental music: BBC, London Adapter: Marianne Helway from the novel by T. H. White Producer: John Cheatle Female voice, male voices, chorus (TB)
110 Benjamin Britten 1+1.0.1.0/0.1.1.0/percussion and harp First broadcast: 11 June - 16 July 1939 (series of 6 programmes). BBC Singers (male voices) and a section of the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Woodgate The play was divided into six parts: Part 1 - 'The Quest" (broadcast 11 June 1939) Part 2 - "Merlyn's New Job" (broadcast 18 June 1939) Part 3 - "Wart and the Hawks" (broadcast 25 June 1939) Part 4 - "Adventure with a Witch" (broadcast 2 July 1939) Part 5 - "The Owl's Dream" (broadcast 9 July 1939) Part 6 - "The Sword" (broadcast 16 July 1939) DERIVED WORKS: 1. The Sword in the Stone: Concert Suite Compiled by Oliver Knussen and Colin Matthews Instrumentation: as above Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 14 June 1983. The Aldeburgh Festival Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Oliver Knussen Publication: Faber Music RECORDING: D124 SEE: B848 W279. THEY WALK ALONE (1938) Music for the play by Max Catto Producer: Bertold Viertel Designer: Herman Herrey Organ First performance: London, " 0 " Theatre, 21 November 1938 W280. THIS WAY TO THE TOMB (1945) Music for the play by Ronald Duncan (Pilgrim Players) Producer: E. Martin Browne Soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB), percussion and piano (4 hands)
Works and Performances First performance: London, Mercury Theatre, 11 October 1945. Ensemble conducted by Arthur Oldham RECORDING: D110A DERIVED WORKS: 1. Deus in adjutorium meum Motet for unaccompanied mixed voices (SATB) Text from Psalm 70 Duration: 4 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D18, D81 SEE: B845 W281. TIMON OF ATHENS (1935) Music for the play by William Shakespeare (Group Theatre) Producer: Nugent Monck Designer: Robert Medley Choreographer: Rupert Doone 2 oboes (doubling co anglais), percussion and harpsichord First performance: London, Westminster Theatre, 19 November 1935. Ensemble conducted by Herbert Murrill W282.
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UP THE GARDEN PATH (1937): a disrespectful collection of verse and music. Radio feature: BBC, London Verse chosen by W. H. Auden with Benjamin Britten Presented by John Cheatle First broadcast; 13 June 1937. Cast included Felix Aylmer and V. C. Clinton-Baddeley. Pianos played by Henry Bronkhurst and Denis Arundell THE WORLD OF THE SPIRIT (1938) Radio sequence from programme specially devised for Whitsun: BBC, I^ndon Compiler: R. Ellis Roberts Producer: Robin Whitworth Soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB) 2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion, harp organ/strings
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112 Benjamin Britten First broadcast: 5 June 1938. Felix Aylmer, Leo Genn, Robert Speaight (readers), Sophie Wyss (soprano), Ann Wood (contralto), Emlyn Bebb (tenor), Victor Harding (bass), BBC Singers (Section B) and Orchestra (Section C) with Berkeley Mason (org), conducted by Trevor Harvey DERIVED WORKS: 1. The World of the Spirit for narrators, soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB) and orchestra Adapted by Paul Hindmarsh Part 1 - Prologue Part 2 - The Fruits of the Spirit Part 3 - Epilogue Instrumentation: as above Duration: 42 minutes First performance: I>ondon, BBC Radio 3, 20 December 1995 Publication: Oxford University Press RECORDING: D138 X. ARRANGEMENTS, EDITIONS AND REALIZATIONS OF WORKS BY OTHER COMPOSERS (excluding arrangements of British and French folk songs)
W284. ACH, NEIGE DU SCHMERZENREICHE (Franz Schubert, D.564) song completed by Benjamin Britten First performance: Cambridge, Arts Theatre, 25 April 1943 W285. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (Opus 43 -1947/1948 4) A realisation by Britten of the ballad-opera by John Gay (1728) and J. C. Pepusch 7 major singing roles/ speaker/chorus/ 1+1.1+1.1.1/ 1.0.0.0/ percussion, harp/solo string quintet Dedication: "Dedicated to James Lawrie" Duration: 108 minutes A new prelude to Act 3 was composed in 1963
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First performance: Cambridge, Arts Theatre, 24 May 1948. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten First London performance: 15 July 1967 Produced by Tyrone Guthrie. Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D98 SEE: B32, B33, B319, B505, B509, B524, B527, B625, B651, B797 W286. CADENZAS TO JOSEF HAYDN'S CELLO CONCERTO IN C (Hob. VII b/1) (1964) First performance: Blythburgh, Parish Church, 18 June 1964. Mstislav Rostropovitch with English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W287. CADENZAS TO W. A. MOZART'S PIANO CONCERTO NO.22 IN E FLAT (K482) (1966) Written for Sviatoslav Richter Duration: 6 minutes First performance: Tours (France), July 1966. S. Richter (piano) Publication: Faber Music W288. CHACONYIN G MINOR (Henry Purcell) Arranged for string quartet or string orchestra (1947/8) Duration: 7 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D31, D52 W289. DIDO AND AENEAS (Henry Purcell) Opera in 3 acts, realized and edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Hoist Text: Nahum Tate String orchestra and continuo Duration: 50 minutes First performance: Hammersmith (London), Lyric Theatre, 1 May 1951. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Boosey & Hawkes SEE: B492, B568
114 Benjamin Britten W290. DIE FORELLE (Franz Schubert, D.550) Arranged for voice and small orchestra, c. 1942 RECORDING: D38 W291. THE FAIRY QUEEN (Henry Purcell) Shortened version of the Masque devised for concert performance by Peter Pears. Edited and realized by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Hoist (English), Harpsichord part realized by P. Ledger 1. 2. 3. 4. Oberon's Birthday Night and Silence The Sweet Passion Epithalamium
9 soloists/chorus (SATB)/2.3.0.1/0.2.0.0/timpani harpsichord strings Duration: 96 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 25 June 1967. The English Opera Group, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music SEE: B492, B557, B692 W292. FIVE SPIRITUAL SONGS (J. S. Bach) Geistliche Lieder for high voice and piano Text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. German, with English translations by Peter Pears
Gedenke doch, mein Geist, zuriicke Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag Liebster Herr Jesu Komm, siisser Tod Bist du bei mir
Duration: 10 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh Festival, 18 June 1969. Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music DERIVED WORKS: Nos 3 and 4 arranged for mixed voices (SATB) Publication: New Catholic Hymal
Works and Performances W293. FRUHLINGSNACHT (Robert Schumann) Arranged for voice and small orchestra, c. 1942 RECORDING: D38 W294. GOD SA VE THE QUEEN (arr. 1961) Arranged for mixed voices (SSAATTBB) and orchestra Written for the 1961 Ixeds Music Festival 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timpani percussion (2)1 strings
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Duration: 2Vi minutes First performance: Leeds, Town Hall, 7 October 1961. The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by John Pritchard SEE: B120, B155 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Reduced orchestration for the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1 March 1967. 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.(l)/timpani percussion (l)/strings Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W295. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (arr. 1971) Arranged for orchestra 2+1.3.3.2+1/4.4.3.1/timpani percussion (3) harp/strings Duration: 1 minute First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 13 June 1971. English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music W296. THE GOLDEN SON A TA (Henry Purcell) for two violins, cello and piano Duration: 11 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W297. HARMONIA SACRA (Henry Purcell, realized and edited by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears)
116 Benjamin Britten Consisting of: The Blessed Virgin's Expostulations Job's Curse 2 Divine Hymns and Alleluia, for high voice and piano Saul and the Witch at Endor, for soprano, tenor, bass and piano 3 Divine Hymns, for high or medium voice and piano Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: DllOa W298. LES SYLPHIDES (Frederic Chopin) Arranged for small orchestra for Ballet Presentations Inc. (Ballet Theatre), New York, 1940 W299. LET THE DREADFUL ENGINES OF ETERNAL WILL (Henry Purcell) for baritone or tenor voice and piano Text: Thomas D'Urfey (English) Duration: 6 minutes First performance: Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 26 June 1971 John Shirley-Quirk and Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music W300. MALAYAN NATIONAL ANTHEM (1951) Arranged for military band Submitted but not accepted W301. MATINEES MUSICALES (Opus 24 - 1941) Second suite of five movements from Rossini, for orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. March Nocturne Waltz Pantomime Moto perpetuo
This suite was written at the request of Lincoln Kirstein to form, with Soirees Musicales (W306), a ballet with choreography by Balanchire for the American Ballet Company, produced in 1941 2+1.2.2.2/4(2).2.3.1(0)/timpani percussion (2) harp celeste/strings
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Dedication: "To Lincoln Kirstein" Duration: 13 minutes First English performance: BBC (BBC Forces Services), 23 December 1942. BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: Dl W302. MISCELLANY OF SONGS (Henry Purcell) for one/two voices and piano The Knotting Song (Sedley) for high/medium voice O Solitude (Philips) for high/medium voice Celemene (D'Urfey) for soprano and tenor Dulcibella, whene'er I sure for a kiss (Henley) for soprano or tenor and bass 5. When Myra sings (Granville) for soprano or tenor and bass Duration: 18 minutes 1. 2. 3. 4.
First performances: (1) Riverhead (New York), Hotel Henry Perkins, 19 November 1939. Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten (2) London, Wigmore Hall, 11 March 1955. Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten (3) Cambridge, Arts Theatre, 10 February 1946. Joan Cross, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten (4 and 5) Snape, Maltings Concert Hall, 26 June 1971. James Bowman (4 only), Peter Pears (5 only), John ShirleyQuirk and Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music
W303. ODES AND ELEGIES (Henry Purcell, realized and edited by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears) Consisting of: The Queen's Epicedium (Elegy on the death of Queen Mary, 1695) for high voice and piano Duration: 8 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes
118 Benjamin Britten W304. ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS (Songs by Henry Purcell, realized and edited by Britten and Peter Pears) Consisting of: 5 Songs for voice (Pub: Boosey & Hawkes) 6 Songs for high or medium, voice and piano (Pub:Boosey& Hawkes) RECORDING: D38, DUO 7 songs for high or medium, voice and piano (Pub: Boosey & Hawkes) 6 Duets for high or low voices and piano (Pub: Boosey & Hawkes) Suite of songs for high voice and orchestra (Pub: Boosey & Hawkes) 3 songs for high voice and orchestra (Pub: Boosey & Hawkes) SEE: B778 W305. ST. JOHN PASSION (J S Bach) for soli (SATB), mixed voices (SATB) and orchestra Edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Hoist. English translation by Peter Pears and Imogen Hoist Text: (English)
2.2(oboe d'amore).0.1/0.0.0.0/organ lute/strings Duration: 120 minutes First performance: London, Royal Albert Hall, 26 July 1967. Conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music W306. SOIREES MUSICALES (Opus 9 -1936) Suite of five movements from Rossini, for orchestra 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. March Canzonetta Tirolese Bolero Tarantella
2+1.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timpani percussion harp (or piano)/strings Dedication:'To M. Alberto Cavalcanti" Duration: 11 minutes
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First performance: London, BBC, 16 January 1937. BBC Orchestra (Section C), conducted by Joseph Lewis First concert performance; London, Queen's Hall, 10 August 1937. BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henry Wood Publication: Boosey & Hawkes RECORDING: D1,D38, D128 SEE: B198b, B391,B759 DERIVED WORKS: 1. Arrangement for military band by T. Conway Brown (1946) W307. WHAT THE WILD FLOWERS TELL ME (Gustav Mahler) Second movement of Symphony No.3, arranged for reduced orchestra, 1941 2.2.2.2/4.3.0.0/percussion harp/strings Duration: 10 minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes W308. WHEN NIGHT HER PURPLE VEIL (Henry Purcell) Secular cantata for baritone, 2 violins, cello continuo and keyboard continuo Text: Anon (English) Duration: 15 minutes First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 24 June 1965. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and members of the Alberni String Quartet, conducted by Benjamin Britten Publication: Faber Music. Addendum W309. THEMES FOR IMPROVISATION (1945) for organ First performance; London, St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, 24 July 1945. Marcel Dupre (organ) (Broadcast in the Home Service by the BBC)
Discography: Britten on Compact Disc
This select discography lists recordings of Benjamin Britten's music on compact disc or music transferred to compact disc. It is arranged chronologically by date of review from Gramophone with relevant citations supplied. November 1983 Dl. MATINEES MUSICALES (W301) SOIREES MUSICALES (W306) National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge Decca Compact Disc 410 139-2. From SXDL 7539 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 61 (November 1983), p.626) December 1984 D2. WAR REQUIEM (W135) Soloists with Mark Blatchly (org); Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Simon Rattle EMI CDC7 47034-8 (two discs). From SLS107757-3 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 62 (December 1984), p.782) April 1985 D3. WAR REQUIEM (W135)
124 Benjamin Britten Soloists with Simon Preston (org); Bach Choir; Highgate School Choir; London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca 414 383-2DH2 (two discs). From SET 252/3 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 62 (April 1985), p.1260) August 1985 D4. VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (W37) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) PRELUDE AND FUGUE FOR 18 STRINGS (W27) Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Ronald Thomas Chandos CHAN8376. From RCA Red Seal RL25146 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 63 (August 1985), p.233) January 1986 D5. CELLO SYMPHONY (W34) DEATH IN VENICE suite (arr. Bedford) (W3) Raphael Wallfisch (vc): English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Chandos CHAN 8363. From ABTD1126 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 63 (January 1986), p.914) April 1986 D6. PETER GRIMES (W10) Soloists with Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Benjamin Britten Decca 415 577-2DH3 (three discs) From SXL2150/52 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 63 (April 1986), pp. 1323-24) May 1986 D7. REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) A WEDDING ANTHEM (W137) FESTIVAL TEDEUM (W105) A BOY WAS BORN (W97) Soloists with Westminster Cathedral Choir; Croydon Singers / Matthew Best with Thomas Trotter (org) Hyperion CDA66126. From A66126
Discography (Reviewed in Gramophone, 63 (May 1986), p.1439) D8.
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June 1986 SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W31) OCCASIONAL OVERTURE (W25) AN AMERICAN OVERTURE (W14) SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES - A TIME THERE WAS (W33) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle EMI CDC7 47343-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (June 1986), pp.48 & 50) August 1986
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SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN AND STRINGS (W184) LES ILLUMINATIONS (W166) NOCTURNE (W169) Strings of the Iamdon Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra/ Benjamin Britten Decca 417 153-2DH. From SXL6110; SXL6316; SXL2189 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (August 1986), p.292) September 1986
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LACHRYMAE, REFLECTIONS ON A SONG OF DOWLAND (W53) Kim Kashkashian (va); Robert Levin (pf) ECM/IMS 827 744-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (September 1986), p.415) January 1987
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YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA (W218) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (W37) London Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca 417 509-2DH. From SXL6110; SXL6405; SXL6316 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (January 1987), p. 1010) March 1987
126 Benjamin Britten D12. FOUR SEA INTERLUDES; PASSACAGLIA (Peter Grimes) (WIO) Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley Chandos CHAN8473. From ABRD1184 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (March 1987), p. 1248) D13. MISSA BREVIS (W120) New College Choir, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom with instrumental ensemble Proud Sound/Gamut digital PROUCD11402 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (March 1987), p. 1321) April 1987 D14. SPRING SYMPHONY (W128) FOUR SEA INTERLUDES (Peter Grimes) (WIO) Soloists with St Clement Danes School Boys' Choir; London Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra / Andre Previn EMI CDC7 47667-2. From ED291047-1 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (April 1987), p. 1410) D15. FIVE FLOWER SONGS (W106) Nicholas Sears (bar); Cambridge Singers / John Rutter Collegium Records/Gamut COLCD104. From COL104 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 64 (April 1987), p. 1452) May 1987 D16. THE YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA (W218) GLORIANA - COURTLY DANCES (W4) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn Telarc/Conifer CD80126 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (May 1987), p.1557) June 1987 D17. A BIRTHDAY HANSEL (arr. C. Matthews) (W143) A CHARM OF LULLABIES (W151)
Discography Yvonne Kenny (sop); Carolyn Watkinson (contr); Tan Crone (pf) Etcetera/Harmonia Mundi KTC1046 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (June 1987), p.88) D18. CEREMONY OF CAROLS (WlOl) A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN (W113) A HYMN OF ST. COLUMBIA ( W i l l ) MISSA BREVISIND (W120) JUBILATE DEO IN El? (W116) DEUS IN ADJUTORUM MEUM (W280)
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Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill with Sioned Williams (harp) Hyperion CDA 66220 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (June 1987), p. 108) July 1987 D19. RHAPSODY (1929) (W70) QUARTETTINO (1930) (W67) ELEGY (1930) (W43) STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR (1931) (W62) PHANTASY IN F MINOR (1932) (W59) Endellion Quartet with Nicholas Logie (va) EMI CDC7 47694-2. From EX270502-3 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (July 1987), p. 192) September 1987 D20. RUSSIAN FUNERAL (W28) London Collegiate Brass / James Stobart CRD CRD3444 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (September 1987), p.420) December 1987 D21. TIT FOR TAT (W190) HARP SUITE (WS2) TWO INSECT PIECES (W89) SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID (W74)
128 Benjamin Britten John Shirley-Quirk (bar); Sara Watkins (ob); Osian Ellis (hp); Philip Ledger (pf) Meridian CDE84119 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (December 1987), pp.984 & 989) January 1988 D22. PHAEDRA (W176) LES ILLUMINATIONS (W166) QUATRE CHANSONS FRANÂISES (W181) Jill Gomez (sop); Felicity Palmer (mez); Endymion Ensemble / John Whitfield EMI CDC7 49259-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (January 1988), pp.1108 & 1113) February 1988 D23. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS (W85) Janet Craxton (ob); Ian Brown (pf) BBCArtium BBCCD635 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (February 1988), p. 1210) May 1988 D24. STRING QUARTET NO. 3 (W66) Lindsay Quartet ASV CDDCA608 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (May 1988), p.1614) D25. STRING QUARTETS- NO.2 (W65) and NO.3 (W66) Endellion Quartet EMI CDC7 47696-2. From EX270502-3 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (May 1988), p.1616) D26. CEREMONY OF CAROLS (WlOl) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) MISSIA BREVIS (W120) REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) TEDEUMINC (W129)
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Choir of King's College, Cambridge / David Willcocks and Philip Ledger EMI CDC7 47709-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (May 1988), p.1663) D27. NOCTURNAL [for guitar] (W57) Charles Bonell (guitar) EMI CDC7 49512-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 65 (May 1988), p.1663) June 1988 D28. CELLO SUITES: NO.l (W79), NO.2 (W80), NO.3 (W81) Alexander Baiilie (vc) Etcetera / Harmonia Mundi KTC2003-1/2. From ETC2006 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (June 1988), p.48) D29. CELLO SONA TA IN C MAJOR (W75) SOLO CELLO SUITE NO.l (W79) SOLO CELLO SUITES NO.2 (W80) and NO.3 (W81) Alexander Baiilie (vc) with Ian Brown (pf) (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (June 1988), pp.48 &51) July 1988 D30. MEN OF GOODWILL (W267 ) YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA (W218) FOUR SEA INTERLUDES - PETER GRIMES (WIO) Minnesota Orchestra/ Neville Marriner EMI CDC7 49300-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (July 1988), p.215) D31. VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (W37) VARIATION ON SELLENGER 'S ROUND (W36) 'CHACONY' (HENRY PURCELL)(W288) LACHRYMAE (FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA) (W53) ELEGY FOR SOLO VIOLA (W43)
130 Benjamin Britten Gerard Causse (viola) / Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra / B. Bratoev Auvidis/Pinnacle A6124 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (July 1988), p.215) August 1988 D32. INTRODUCTION AND RONDO ALLA BURLESCA (W52) MAZURKA ELEGIACA (W54) Sviatoslav Richter and Vassili Ix)banov (pianos) Philips 420 157-2PH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (August 1988), p.306) D33. PA UL BUNYAN (W9) Soloists with Plymouth Music Series Chorus and Orchestra / Philip Brunelle. Virgin Classics VC7 907710-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (August 1988), p.330) September 1988 D34. TEMA SACHER (W84) CELLO SUITE NO. 3 (W81) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) ASV DCA592 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (September 1988), p.492) October 1988 D35. PIANO CONCERTO (W18) Annette Servadei (pf); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Joseph Grunta Hyperion CDA66293 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (October 1988), p.588) D36. A BOY WAS BORN (W97) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (Wl 10) A.M.D.G. (W91) A SHEPHERD'S CAROL (W271)
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London Sinfonietta Voices and Chorus with St. Paul's Cathedral Boys' Voices / Terry Edwards Virgin Classics VC7 90728-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (October 1988), p.652) November 1988 D36a. GLORIANA: CHORAL DANCES (W4) Soloist with Hoist Orchestra/H.D. Wetton Hyperion CDA 66175 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (November 1988), p.836) PHANTASY FOR OBOE QUARTET (W59) SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID FOR SOLO OBOE (W74 ) Gregor Zubicky (ob); Terja Tennessen (vn); Lars Anders Tomter (va); Truls Otterbach Mork (vc) Simax/Conifer PSC1022 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (November 1988), p.804) December 1988 D38. SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN AND STRINGS (W184) NOW SLEEPS THE CHRISTMAS PETAL (orch. C. Matthews) (W172) PURCELL (realiz. Benjamin Britten) - ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS (W304) SCHUBERT (orch. Benjamin Britten) DIE FORELLE (W290) SCHUMANN (orch. Benjamin Britten) LIEDERKREIS FRULINGSNACHT (W293) SOIREES MUSICALES (orch. Benjamin Britten) SUITE (W306) Neil Mackie (ten); Barry Tuckwell (hn); Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford EMI CDC7 49480-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (December 1988), p. 1045) D39. OUR HUNTING FATHERS (W175) SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN AND STRINGS (W184) Robert Tear (ten); Alan Civil (hn); Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Richard Armstrong; Northern Sinfonia / Neville Marriner EMI Studio CDM7 69522-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (December 1988), p. 1045)
D37.
132 Benjamin Britten D40. GLORIANA - SUITE (W4) THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (W13) Suite arr. by Norman Del Mar Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Uri Segal EMI CDM7 69422-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (December 1988), p. 1072) February 1989 D41. TWO BALLADS: MOTHER COMFORT AND UNDERNEA TH THE ABJECT WILLOW (W193) Kathleen Livingston (sop); Neil Mackie (ten); John Blakeley (pf) Unicorn-Kanchana Souvenir UKCD2009 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (February 1989), p. 1329) March 1989 D42. STRING QUARTET NO. 1 IN D MAJOR (W64) Alberni Quartet CRD CRD3351. From CRD1051 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (March 1989), p. 1447) D43. STRING QUARTETS-NO.2 IN C MAJOR (W65) and NO. 3 (W66) Alberni Quartet CRD CRD3395. From CRD1095 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (March 1989), p. 1447) D44. CALYPSO JOHNNY TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE FUNERAL BLUES } } Cabaret Songs } (W145) }
Sarah Walker (mez); Roger Vignoles (pf) Meridian CDE84167 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (March 1989), pp.1484 & 1487) May 1989
Discography D45. SAINT NICOLAS (W127) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO)
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Soloists/choirs with John Scott (org); English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best Hyperion CDA66333 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 66 (May 1989), p. 1758) June 1989 D46. LES ILLUMINATIONS (W166) QUATRE CHANSONS FRANCA1SES (W181) SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN AND STRINGS (W184) Felicity Lott (sop); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten); Michael Thompson (hn); Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson Chandos CHAN8657 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (June 1989), pp.69 & 70) D47. LES ILLUMINATIONS (W166) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) PHAEDRA (W176) Christiane Eda-Pierre (sop); Jean-Walter Audoli Instrumental Ensemble / Jean-Walter Audoli Arion/Discovery ARN68035 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (June 1989), pp.69 & 70) D48. ALBERT HERRING (Wl) Soloists with English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 421 849-2LH2. From SET274/6 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (June 1989), p.81) D49. BILLY BUDD (W2) Soloists with Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Peter Pears (ten), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Benjamin Britten (pf) Decca 417 428-2LH3. From SET379/81;SKL639f
134 Benjamin Britten (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (June 1989), pp.81 & 82) July 1989 D50. THE PRINCE OF THE PA GODAS (W13) DIVERSIONS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTK4 (W21) Julius Katchen (pf); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 421 855-2LH2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (July 1989), p. 171) September 1989 D51. SYMPHONY FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (W34) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W31) CANTATA MISERICORDIUM (W100) Mstislav Rostropovich (vc); Peter Pears (ten); Dietrich FischerDieskau (bar); London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / English Chamber Orchestra / New Philharmonic Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 425 100-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (September 1989), p.449) D52. SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) PRELUDE AND FUGUE (W27) LACHRYMAE (W53) PURCELL (Arr. Benjamin Britten) CHACONY IN G MINOR (W288) Auger Chase (va); London Chamber Orchestra/C. Warren-Green Virgin Classics VCy7 91080-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (September 1989), p.449) D53. CURLEW RIVER (W201) Soloists with the English Opera Group / Benjamin Britten and Viola Tunnard Decca London 421 858-2LM. From Decca SET301 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (September 1989), p.527) October 1989 D54. PIANO CONCERTO (Wl 8)
Discography 135 VIOLIN CONCERTO (W19) Mark Lubotsky (vn); Sviatoslav Richter (pf); English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. Decca London 417 308-2LM. From SXL6512 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 61 (October 1989), p.647) D55. PHANTASY FOR OBOE QUARTET (W59) Pamela Woods (ob); Audubon Quartet Telarc/Conifer CD80205 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (October 1989), p.682) D56. CELLO SONATA (W75) Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); John McCabe (pf) Philips 422 345-2PH Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (October 1989), p.682) D57. CELLO SUITES - NO. I (W79) and NO.2 (W80) CELLO SONATA (W75) Mstislav Rostropovich (vc); Benjamin Britten (pf) Decca 421 859-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (October 1989), pp.682 & 684) November 1989 D58. WAR REQUIEM (W135) Soloists with Atlanta Boys' Choir; Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Robert Shaw Telarc/Conifer CD80157 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (November 1989), p.946) February 1990 D59. GLORIANA - SYMPHONIC SUITE (W4) PETER GRIMES - FOUR SEA INTERLUDES (WIO) PASSACAGLIA (WIO) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W31) London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford
136 Benjamin Britten Collins Classics / Harmonia Mundi 1019-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (February 1990), p. 1457) May 1990 D60. LES ILLUMINATIONS (W166) SINFONIETTA (W32) NOCTURNE (W\69) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten); London Mozart Players / Jane Glover ASV CDDCA682 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), p.2027) D61. SE VEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (W185) CANTICLE I (W\46) WINTER WORDS (W199) Folk song arrangements Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten); Graham Johnson (pf) Hyperion CDA66209. From A66209 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), pp.2027-28) D62. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (W6) Soloists with Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools; London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. Decca London 425 663-2LH2. From SET338/40 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), p.2042) D63. THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Wll) PHAEDRA (\V\16) Soloists with English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten/Steuart Bedford Decca London 425 666-2LH2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), p.2042) D64. DEA TH IN VENICE (W3) Soloists with English Opera Group Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Decca London 425 669-2LH2. From SET581-3 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), p.2042)
Discography 137
D65.
THE TURN OF THE SCREW (W12) Soloists with English Opera Group Orchestra / Benjamin Britten. Decca London (mono) 125 672-2LH2. From LXT 5038/9 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 67 (May 1990), p.2042) June 1990
D65a.
THE COMPANY OF HEA VEN (W252) Solists, speakers, London Philharmonic Choir, E.CO./Philip Brunelle Virgin. VC7 91107-2 (Reviewd in Gramophone, 68 (June 1990), p.94) July 1990
D66.
THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (W13) London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen Virgin Classics VCD7 91103-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (July 1990), pp.208 & 210)
D67.
FISH IN THE UNRUFFLED LAKES (W161) Felicity Lott (sop) and Graham Johnson (pf) Chandos CHAN 8722 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (July 1990), p.271) September 1990
D68.
CANTICLE - NO. I (W146) NO.2 (W147) A r OJ(W148) N0.4(\\\A9) NO.5 (\V\ 50) A BIRTHDAY HANSEL (W143) James Bowman, John Hahessy (altos); Peter Pears (ten); John Shirley Quirk (bar); Barry Tuckwell (hn); Osian Ellis (hp); Benjamin Britten
(P0
Decca London 425 716-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (September 1990), p.586)
138 Benjamin Britten D69. THE PRODIGAL SON (W202) Soloists with English Opera Group / Benjamin Britten Decca London 425 713-2LM. From SET 438 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (September 1990), p.600) October 1990 D70. THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE (W200) Soloists with the English Opera Group / Benjamin Britten Decca London 414 663-2LM. From SET356 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (October 1990), p.812) November 1990 D71. HOLIDA Y DIARY (W50) Christopher Headington (piano) Conifer KCLCD2017 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (November 1990), p. 1016) December 1990 D72. CANADIAN CARNIVAL (W15) VIOLIN CONCERTO (W19 ) MONTJUIC (W24) Lorraine McAslan (vn); English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 1123-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (December 1990), p. 1201) February 1991 D73. LACHRYMAL (W53) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) VARIA TIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (W37) YOUNG APOLLO (W38) Rivka Golani; I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky Chandos CHAN8817 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (February 1991), p. 1500)
Discography April 1991 D74. SPRING SYMPHONY (W128) WELCOME ODE (W138) PSALM 150 (W124) Soloists, Choruses and Choirs and Orchestras / Richard Hickox Chandos CHAN 8855 (Reviewed in Gramophone 68 (April 1991), pp. 1881-82) May 1991 D75.
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TE DEUM IN C MAJOR (W129) A HYMN OF ST COLUMBA ( W i l l ) JUBILA TE DEO IN C MAJOR (W115) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) PRELUDE AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF VITTORIA (W61) HYMN TO ST PETER (W112) REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) Solists with St Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, New York City / Gere Hancock Kock International 37030-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 68 (May 1991), p.2051) November 1991
D76.
WAR REQUIEM(W\35) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W3 1) BALLAD OF HEROES (W95) Soloists with St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Richard Hickox Chandos CHAN 8983/4 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (November 1991), p. 136)
D77.
DIVERSIONS FOR PIANO (LEFTHAND) AND ORCHESTRA (W21) THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE - OVERTURE (W98) PRAISE HE GREATMEN (W123) BALLAD OF HEROES (W95) CANADIAN CARNIVAL (W15) YOUNG APOLLO (W3S) QUA TRE CHANSONS FRANQAISES (W181)
140 Benjamin Britten SCOTTISH BALLAD (W29) AN AMERICAN OVERTURE (W14) 'A TIME THERE WAS": SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES (W33) OCCASIONAL OVERTURE (W25) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W31) City of Birmingham Chorus and Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle EMI CDS7 54270-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (November 1991), p. 136) D78. PETER GRIMES (W10) Soloists with Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Colin Davis Philips 432 578-2PM2. From 6769014 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (November 1991), p. 152) March 1992 D79. FANFARE FOR ST EDMUNDSBURY FOR THREE TRUMPETS (W46) RUSSIAN FUNERAL FOR BRASS AND PERCUSSION (W28) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (arr. Matthews/Wright) (W30) The Wallace Collection/Simon Wright Collins Classics 1229-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (March 1992), p.72) D80. FIVE WALTZES (W48) NIGHT PIECE (^156) Anothony Goldstone (pno) Gamut Classics GAMCD526 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (March 1992), p.88) D81. DEUS IN ADJUTOR1UM MEUM (W280) CHORALE ON AN OLD FRENCH CAROL (W271) CANTA TA MISERICORDIUM (W100) Soloists with City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox Chandos CHAN8997 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (March 1992), p.97)
Discography 141 April 1992 D82. JOHNSON O VER JORDAN (W261) OUR HUNTING FA THERS (W175) Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop) with the English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 1192-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (April 1992), p.45) D83*. SUITE (W3) REVEILLE (W69) Lorraine McAslen (vn); John Blakely (pf) Continuum CCD1022 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (April 1992), p.94) May 1992 D84. FANCIE (W\04) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten); Graham Johnson (pf) Hyperion CDA66480 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 69 (May 1992), pp.99-100) August 1992 D85. SINFON1ETTA (W32) SERENADE (W\&4) NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (Wl 72) NOCTURNE (W\ 69) Soloists with Tapiola Sinfonietta / Osmo Vanska BIS CD540 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 70 (August 1992), p.56) D86. GLORIANA - CHORAL DANCES (W4) FIVE FLOWER SONGS (W106) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) A BOY WAS BORN (W97) Soloists with St Paul's Cathedral Choristers; The Sixteen / Harry
142 Benjamin Britten Christophers Collins Classics 1286-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone. 70 (August 1992), p.56) November 1992 D87. FRIDA Y AFTERNOONS - Begone, dull cure' (W107) Magdalen College Choir, Oxford/Grayston Ives Cantoris CECD2366 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 70 (November 1992), p. 178) January 1993 D88. SIX CHINESE SONGS (W188) NOCTURNAL AFTER JOHN DOWLAND (W57) Ian Partridge (ten); Jukka Savijoki (gtr) Ondine EDE779-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 70 (January 1993), p.47) June 1993 D89. TEMPORAL VARIA TIONS (W85) TWO INSECT PIECES (W89) PHANTASY IN F MINOR (W58) ALLA MARCIA (W39) THREE DIVERTIMENTOS (W40) PHANTASY (W 59) Derek Wickens (ob); John Constare (pf); Gabrili Quartet Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2060 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (June 1993), p.58) D90. ANTIPHON (W94) TEDEUMINC(W\29) A WEDDING ANTHEM (W137) REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) THE SYCAMORE TREE (Wl 14) THE BALLAD OF LITTLE MUSGRA VE AND LADY BARNARD (W96) ADVANCE DEMOCRACY(W92) SACRED AND PROFANE (W126)
Discography The Sixteen / Harry Christophers Collins Classics 1343-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (June 1993), p.82) D91. A HYMN OF ST COL UMBA ( W i l l ) King's College Choir, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury EMI British Composers CDC7 54418-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (June 1993). pp.94-97) July 1993 D92. M1SSA BRE VIS IN D (W120) FESTIVAL TE DEUM (W105) JUBILA TE DEO IN C (W115) HYMN TO ST PETER (W112) A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN (Wl 13) A HYMN OF ST COLUMBA ( W i l l ) A NEW YEAR CAROL (W107) A SHEPHERD'S CAROL (W271) A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (WlOl) The Sixteen / Harry Christophers Collins Classics 1370-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (July 1993), p.74) August 1993 D93. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREA M (W6)
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Soloists with Trinity Boys' Choir; City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox Virgin Classics VCD7 59305-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (August 1993), p.79 September 1993 D94. WHEN YOU 'RE FEELING LIKE EXPRESSING YOUR AFFECTION (W196) CABERETSONGS {\K'\4>) ON THIS ISLAND-AS IT IS. PLENTY (W174) Soloists with Instrumental Ensemble
144 Benjamin Britten Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD9138 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (September 1993), p.95) D95. A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (Opus 28) (WlOl) A BOY WAS BORN (W97) FRIDA Y A FTERNOONS (W107) A NEW YEAR CAROL (W107) PSALM 150 (W124) Copenhagen Boys' Choir, etc. Decca London 436 394-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (September 1993), p.97) D96. LES ILL UM1NA TIONS (W166) SERENADE (Wm) NOCTURNE (Wl69) Soloists with English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 436 395-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (September 1993), p.97) D97. A SPRING SYMPHONY (W128) CANTATA ACADEMICA (W99) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) Soloists with Chorus of the ROH / Benjamin Britten Decca London 436 396-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (September 1993), p.97) D98. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (W285) Soloists with the Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Argo 436 850-2ZHO2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (September 1993), p. 109) November 1993 D99. NOYE'S FLUDDE (W7) THE GOLDEN VANITY (W108) EOG Orchestra / N. Del Mar; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir /
Discography Russell Burgess Decca London 436 397-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (November 1993), pp. 138-139) D100. THE LITTLE SWEEP (W5) GEMINI VARIA TIONS (W49) CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (W102) Soloists with EOG Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 436 393-2LM (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (November 1993), pp.138-139) D101. OWEN WINGRA VE (W8) SECHS HOLDERLIN FRAGMENTS (W183) THE POET'S ECHO (W178) Soloists with English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Decca London 433 200-2LH02 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (November 1993), pp. 138-139) December 1993 D102. MOVEMENT FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (W16)
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Thea King (cl); English Chamber Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth Hyperion CDA66634 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 71 (December 1993), p.60) November 1994 D103. GLORIANA (Opus 53) (W4) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Charles Mackerras Argo440 213-2ZHO2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 72 (November 1994), p.44) July 1995 D104. THE LITTLE SWEEP (W5) REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) Soloists with instrumental ensemble and King's College Choir / P. Ledger
146 Benjamin Britten EMI British Composers CDM5 65111-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (July 1995), p.46) October 1995 D105. GLORIANA - CONCERT SUITE (W4) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM(W3\) PASSACAGLIA (W\0) BBC Northern Orchestra / Norman del Mar; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky BBC Radio Classics BBCRD9129 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (October 1995), p.50) D106. PREL UDE AND FUGUE (W27) LACHRYMAL-REFLECTIONS ON A SONG OF DOWLAND (W53) LGT(W43) SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) VARIA TIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (W37) Lars Anders Tomter (va); Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / lona Brown Virgin Classics VC5 45121-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (October 1995), pp.50-51) D107. SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (W185) INTRODUCTION AND RONDO ALLA BURLESCA (W52) MAZURKA ELEGIACA, (W54) SERENADE FOR TENOR, LIORN AND STRINGS (W184) Soloists with Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Benjamin Britten Pearl mono GEMMCD9177 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (October 1995), p. 164) November 1995 D108. RUSSIAN FUNERAL (W28) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle EMI CDC5 55476-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (November 1995), p.94) D109. KING HEROD AND THE COCK (W117) THE TWEL VE A POSTLES (W13 1)
Discography THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (W109) Soloists with Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 7039-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (November 1995), p. 130) DUO. PURCELL REALIZATIONS(W304) Soloists with Graham Johnson (pf) Hyperion CDA67061/2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (November 1995), p.94) January 1996 DllOa. THE RED COCKA TOO (W182) and other songs Ian Bostridge (ten)ZGraham Johnson (pf) Hyperion CDA66823 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (January 1996), p.85) February 1996 Dill. TEMPORAL VARIA TIONS (W85) SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID (W74) TWO INSECT PIECES ( W89) PHANTASY (W59) Soloists with Emmanuel Strossen (pf) Harmonia Mundi Les Nouveaux Interpretes HM1M951 1556 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (February 1996), p.65) Dl 12. PHANTASY (W59) HOLIDAY DIARY (W50) SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID (W74) TEMPORAL VARIATIONS (W85) FIVE WALTZES (WAS) TWO INSECT PIECES (W89) NIGHT PIECE (NOTTURNO) (W56) Soloists with the Delme Quartet Hyperion CDA66776 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (February 1996), p.65)
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148 Benjamin Britten Dl 13. HOLIDAY DIARY'(Opus 5) (W50) Shura Cherkassky (pf) Decca 433 657-2DH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (February 1996). p.80) D114. 5 ILLUMINA TIONS (W166) SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (W31) SKAf SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (Wl 85) CBS Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten (pf); New York Philharmonic Orchestra / John Barbiroll NMCmono NMCD030 (Recorded in America 1941) (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (February 1996), p.l 15) Dl 15. A BOY WAS BORN (W97) A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN (W113) CHRIST'S NATIVITY (W118) A SHEPHERD'S CAROL (W271) JUBILA TE DEO IN C (W115) TEDEUMINC (W129) Soloists with St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers / S. Layton Hyperion CDA66825 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (February 1996), pp.79-80) April 1996 D116. SON A TA FOR CELLO AND PIANO (W75) Timothy Gill (vc); Fali Pavri (pf) Guild GMCD7114 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 875 (April 1996), p.61) D117. SONA TA FOR CELLO AND PIANO (W75) Steven Doane (vc); Barry Snyder (pf) Bridge BCD9056 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 73 (April 1996), p.63) May 1996 D118. CURLEW RIVER (W201)
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Soloists with the Guildhall Chamber Choir and Ensemble Koch Schwann 313972 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (May 1996), p.l 15) D119. PETER GRIMES (WIO) Soloists with London Symphony Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox Chandos CHAN9447/8 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (May 1996), p.l 15) June 1996 D120. SOLO CELLO SUITES NO. 1 (W79) NO. 2 (W80) NO J(W81) Robert Cohen (vc) Decca London 444 181-2DH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (June 1996), p.71) July 1996 D121. LES ILL UMINA TIONS (W166) SERENADE (W\$4) NOCTURNE (Wl69) David Pyatt (hn); Britten Sinfonia / Nicholas Cleobury EMI Eminence CD-EMX2247 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (July 1996), pp.84+87) D122. THE RESCUE OF PENELOPE (W273) PHAEDRA (W176) Halle Orchestra / Kent Nagano Erato 0630 12713-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (July 1996), pp.84+87) August 1996 D123. THE HOL Y SONNETS OF JOHN DONNE (W163)
150 Benjamin Britten SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (W185) WINTER WORDS(W\99) IF IT'SE VER SPRING AGAIN (W164) THE CHILDREN AND SIR NAMELESS (W152) Philip Langridge (ten); Steuart Bedford (pf) Collins Classics 1468-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (August 1996), p.81) September 1996 D124. PHAEDRA (WITr6) LACHRYMAL (W53) S1NFONIETTA (W32) THE SWORD IN THE STONE (W278) NIGHT MAIL - END SEQUENCE (W228) Soloists with Nash Ensemble / Lionel Friend Hyperion CDA66845 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (September 1996), pp.49-50) D125. STRING QUARTETS - NO. 1 IN D (W64) N0.3(W66) THREE DIVERTIMENTOS (W40) ALLA MARCIA (W39) Sorrel Quartet Chandos CHAN9469 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (September 1996), pp.65+69) D126. CANTICLES - NO. 1, MY BELOVED IS MINE (W146) NO.2, ABRAHAM AND ISAAC (W147) NO.3, STILL FALLS THE RAIN (W148) NO. 4, THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI (W149) NO 5, THE DEA TH OF ST NARCISSUS (W150) Soloists; Steuart Bedford (pf) Collins Classics 1481-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (September 1996), p.85) D127. THE TURN OF THE SCREW (W12) Soloists with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Discography / Colin Davis Philips 446 325-2PH2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (September 1996), p. 103) November 1996 D128. A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (W101) AROUND THE VILLAGE GREEN -IRISH REEL (W204) SOIREES MUSICALES (W306) WA Y TO THE SEA (W236) INTRODUCTION AND RONDO ALLA BURLESCA (W57) MAZURKA ELEGIACA (W54)
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Soloists; Charles Brill Orchestra / Charles Brill; Chamber Ensemble / Benjamin Britten (pf) Beulah mono 1PD14 (Britten 'premieres') (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (November 1996), p.78) D129. WAR REQUIEM(W\35) Soloists and Chorus; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins Naxos 8 553558/9 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (November 1996), p. 138) December 1996 Dl 30. CELLO SUITES - NO. 1 (W79) M?.2(W80) A'OJ(W81) Tim Hugh (vc) Naxos 8 553663 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (December 1996), p. 107) D131. SAINT NICOLAS (W127) CHRIST'S NATIVITY (W118) PSALM 150 (W\24) Soloists and Choirs; London Schools Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 1483-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (December 1996), p.l 19)
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (W6) Soloists with London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis Philips 545 122-2PH2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (December 1996), p. 139) March 1997
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A SPRING SYMPHONY (sung in Russian) (W128) Soloists with USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Revelation RV10010 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (March 1997), pp.50+60) April 1997
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HYMN TO ST PETER (W112) A HYMN OF ST COLUMBA ( W i l l ) A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN (Wl 13) A HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) REJOICE IN THE LAMB (W125) CHORAL DANCES FROM (iGLORIANA " (W4) A.M.D.G (W91) Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer with Andrew Lumsden (org) Chandos CHAN9511 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (April 1997) pp.88-83)
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ALBERT HERRING (Wl) Soloists with Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 7042-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (April 1997), p.94) May 1997
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CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (orig. version)(W19) Theo Olof (vn); Halle Orchestra / John Barbirolli EMI British Composers CDM5 66053-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (May 1997), p.55)
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CELLO SUITES - NO. 1 (W79) M9.2(W80) SYMPHONY FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (W34) M. Rostropovich (vc); Moscow Philhamionic Orchestra / Benjamin Britten EMI CZS5 72016-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (May 1997), pp.70+72) June 1997
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AN AMERICAN OVERTURE (W14) KING ARTHUR - SUITE (W262) THE WORLD OF THE SPIRIT (W283) Soloists; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Hickox Chandos CHAN9487 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (June 1997), p.50)
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A SPRING SYMPHONY (W128) HYMN TO ST CECILIA (WHO) FIVE FLOWER SONGS (W106) Soloists; Philharmonia Orchestra / John Elliot Gardiner DG 453 433-2GH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (June 1997), p.95) August 1997
D140. SYMPHONY FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (W34) Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner Philips 454 442-2PH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 74 (August 1997), p.50) September 1997 D141. SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (W185) THE HOL Y SONNETS OF J()HN DONNE (W163) WINTER WORDS(W199) Justin Lavender (ten); Julian Milford (pi)
154 Benjamin Britten Carlton Classics 30366 0056-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (September 1997), p.95) D142. THE BALLAD OF LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD (W96) Gentlemen of St John's College Choir, Cambridge Etcetera KTC11Q2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (September 1997), p.l 13) November 1997 D143. CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA IND(W\ 8) LACHRYMAE(W53) SON A TA FOR CELLO AND PIANO (W75) Soloists; USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Evgeni Svetlanov Revelation RV10060 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (November 1997), p.74) March 1998 D144. BILLY BUDD (FOUR-ACT VERSION) (W2) Soloists; Halle Choir and Orchestra / Kent Nagano Erato 3984-21631-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (March 1998), p. 105) April 1998 D145. ON THIS ISLAND (W161) FISH IN THE UNRUFFLED LAKES (W168) NIGHT COVERS UP THE RIGID LAND (W168) TO LIE FLA T ON THE BACK (W\9\) WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LIKE EXPRESSING YOUR AFFECTION (W196) FOUR CABERETSONGS (W145) Delia Jones (mez); Philip Langridge (ten); Steuart Bedford (pf) Collins Classics 1490-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (April 1998), p.85)
Discography May 1998 D146. NOYE 'S FLUDDE (W7) A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (WlOl) Soloists; BBC Concert Orchestra Somm Recordings SOMMCD212 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 75 (May 1998), p.86) June 1998 D147. LES ILLUMINA TIONS (W166) SERENADE (W\M) NOCTURNE (W\ 69) Soloists; Bournemouth Sinfonietta / David Lloyd-Jones Naxos 8 553834 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (June 1998), p.71) D148. WAR REQUIEM (W135)
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Soloists and choirs; New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Masur Teldec 0630 17115-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (June 1998), p.71) August 1998 D149. JUBILA TE DEO IN E FLA T (W1 16) TEDEUMINC(W\29) ANTHIPHON (W94) MISSA BREVIS IN D (W128) A WEDDING ANTHEM (AMO ERGO SUM" (W137) A CEROMONY OF CAROLS (WlOl) FESTIVAL TE DEUM (W105) JUBILA TE DEO IN C (W115) Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer with Andrew Lumsdon (org); Susan Drake (hp) Chandos CHAN9598 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (August 1998), pp.72-73) September 1998
156 Benjamin Britten D150. ON THIS ISLAND (W174) THE BIRDS (W\42) FISH IN THE UNRUFFLED LAKES (W161) Sarah Leonard (sop); Malcolm Martineau (pf) Somm Recordings SOMMCD213 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (September 1998), p.94) D151. CURLEW RIVER (W201) Soloists; Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner Philips 454 469-2PH (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (September 1998), p.96) D152. OUR HUNTING FATHERS (Wr 175) QUA TRE CHANSONS FRANCAISES (W181) SINFONIETTA (W32) Ian Bostridge (ten); Britten Sinfonia / Daniel Harding EMI CDC5 56534-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (September 1998), p. 104) December 1998 D153. SIMPLE SYMPHONY (W30) TEMPORAL VARIATIONS (W85) A CHA RM OF L L ILL A BIES (W151) LACHRYMA E(W 53) 'A TIME THERE WAS.... " : SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES (W33) Soloists; Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford Collins Classics 1526-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 76 (December 1998), p.71) D154. STRING QUARTETS - NO. 1 IN D (W64) NO.2 INC (W65) THREE DIVERTIMENTI (W40) Maggini Quartet Naxos 8 553883 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 16 (December 1998), pp.86-87)
Discography August 1999 D155. YOUNG APOLLO (W38) DOUBLE CONCERTO (W20) TWO PORTRAITS(W35) SINFONIETTA (W32) Soloists with Halle Orchestra / Kent Nagano Erato 3984-25502-2 (Reviewed in Gramophone, 11 (August 1999), p.38
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Appendix A: Alphabetical List of Compositions
Numbers following each title (e.g., W133) refer to the "Works and Performances" section of this volume. A.M.D.G. (1939) (W91) A Une Raison ('Un coup de ton doigt') (W139) Ach, neige du schmerzenreiche (Schubert): completed by Benjamin Britten (W284) Advance Democracy (W203) Advance Democracy (1939) (W92) (The) Agamemnon of Aeschylus (W237) (An) Agreement of the People (W245) Albert Herring (Opus 39) (Wl) Alia Marcia for String Quartet (W39) Alia Quartetto Serioso 'Go Play, Boy, Play' (W40) Alleluia! for Alec's 80th birthday (W93) Alpine Suite (W41) Am Strain Gram (W23 8) (An) American in England: No.l (W239) (An) American in England: No.2 (W240) (An) American in England: No.3 (W241) (An) American in England: No.4 (W242) (An) American in England: No.5 (W243) (An) American in England: No.6 (W244) (An) American Overture (W14) Antiphon (Opus 56b) (W94) Appointment (W246)
256 Benjamin Britten Around the Village Green (W204) (The) Ascent of F6 (W247) Aube (W140) Bagatelle for violin viola and piano (W42) Ballad of Heroes (Opus 14) (W95) (The) Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (W96) (The) Beggar's Opera (Opus 43) (W285) Beware (W141) Billy Budd (Opus 50) (W2) (The) Birds (W142) (A) Birthday Hansel (Opus 92) (W143) Birthday Song for Erwin (W144) Book Bargain (W205) (A) Boy was Born (Opus 3) (W97) Britain to America (Series I): No.9 (W248) Britain to America (Series II): No.4 (W249) Britain to America (Series II): No.13 (W250) (The) Building of the House (Opus 79) (W98) (The) Burning Fiery Furnace (Opus 77) (W200) Cabaret Songs (Wl 45) Cadenzas to Josef Haydn's Cello Concerto in C (W286) Cadenzas to W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat (W287) Calendar of the Year (W206) Canadian Carnival (Opus 19) (W15) Cantata Academica (Opus 62) (W99) Cantata Misericordium (Opus 69) (W100) Canticle I (Opus 40) (W146) Canticle II (Opus 51) (W147) Canticle III (Opus 55) (W148) Canticle IV (Opus 86) (W149) Canticle V (Opus 89) (W150) (A) Ceremony of Carols (Opus 28) (WlOl) Chacony in G minor - Henry Purcell: arranged by B.B. (W288) (A) Charm of Lullabies (Opus 41) (W151) (The) Chartists' March (W251) (The) Children and Sir Nameless (W152) Children's Crusade (Opus 82) (W102) Chorale after a French Carol (W271) (The) Clerk (W153) Coal Face (W207) Come Little Babe (W154) (The) Company of Heaven (W252)
Alphabetical List of Compositions 257 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (W16) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (W17) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Opus 15) (W19) Concerto in B minor for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (W20) Concerto No.l in D for Piano and orchestra (Opus 13) (W18) Conquering Space (W208) Cradle Song (W155) Cradle Song ('Sleep, my darling sleep') (W156) C.T.O. - The Story of the Central Telegraph Office (W209) Curlew River (Opus 71) (W201) (The) Dark Tower (W253) (The) Dark Valley (W254) Dawties Devotion (W157) Death in Venice (Opus 88) (W3) Deus in Adjutorum Meum (W280) Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell: arranged by B.B. (W289) Die Forelle - Franz Schubert: arranged by B.B. (W290) Dinner Hour (W210) Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra (Opus 21) (W21) (The) Duchess of Malfi (W255) (The) Dynasts (W256) (The) Eagle has two heads (W257) Easter 1916 (W258) Einladung zur Martinsgans (W103) Elegy for Viola (W43) Epilogue for high voice and piano (W158) Evening, Morning, Night (WT59) Everyone sang (W160) (The) Fairy Queen - Henry Purcell; arranged by B.B. (W291) Fancie(W104) Fanfare for D.W. (W44) Fanfare for SS Oriana (W45) Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury (W46) Festival Te Deum (Opus 32) (W105) First Loss for violin and piano (W47) Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (W161) Five Flower Songs (Opus 47) (W106) Five Spiritual Songs - J.S. Bach: arranged by B.B. (W292) Five Waltzes for piano (W48) Four Barriers (W211) (The) Four Freedoms: No. 1: Pericles (W259)
258 Benjamin Britten Friday Afternoons (Opus 7) (W107) Friihlingsnacht - Robert Schumann: arranged by B.B. (W293) Gas Abstract (W212) Gemini Variations (Opus 73) (W49) Gloriana (Opus 53) (W4) God Save the Queen: arranged by B.B. (W294) God Save the Queen: arranged by B.B. (W295) God's Chillun(W213) (The) Golden Sonata - Henry Purell: arranged by B.B. (W296) (The) Golden Vanity (Opus 78) (W108) G.P.O. Title Music (W214) (The) Gully (W162) Hadrian's Wall (W260) Hankin Booby (W22) Harmonia Sacra - Henry Purcell: realised by B.B. (W297) Holiday Diary (Opus 5) (W50) (The) Holly and the Ivy (W109) (The) Holy Sonnets of John Donne (Opus 35) (W163) How Gas is Made (W215) How the dial works (W216) H.P.O. (6d Telegram) (W217) Humoreske [sic] in C for orchestra (W23) Hymn of St. Columba ( W i l l ) Hymn to St. Cecilia (Opus 27) (WHO) Hymn to St. Peter (Opus 56a) (W112) Hymn to the Virgin (W113) I Saw Three Ships (Wl 14) If it's ever spring again (W164) If thou wilt ease thine heart (WI65) (The) Instruments of the Orchestra (W218) Introduction and Allegro for violin, viola and piano (W51) Introduction and Rondo Alia Burlesca (Opus 23, no. 1) (W52) Johnson over Jordan (W261) Jubilate Deo in C(W115) Jubilate Deo in E flat (W116) King Arthur (W262) King Herod and the Cock (W117) (The) King's Birthday/Christ's Nativity (W118) (The) King's Stamp (W219)
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Lachrymae (Opus 48) (W53) Les Illuminations (Opus 18) (W166) Les Sylphides - Frederic Chopin: arranged by B.B. (W298) Let the Dreadful Engines of Eternal Will - Henry Purcell: arranged by B.B. (W299) Line to the Tschievra Hut (W220) Lines on the Map (W263) (The) Little Sweep (Opus 45) (W5) Love from a Stranger (W221) Lumberjacks of America (W264) Malayan National Anthem: arranged by B.B. (Wr300) (The) Man born to be King: No. 10 (W265) (The) Man born to be King: No. 11 (W266) Matinees Musicales (Opus 24) (W301) May (W119) Mazurka Elegiaca (Opus 23, no.2) (W54) Men behind the meters (W222) Men of Goodwill (W267) Men of the Alps (W223) Message from Geneva (W224) (A) Midsummer Night's Dream (Opus 64) (W6) Miniature Suite for string quartet (W55) Miscellany of Songs - Henry Purcell: arranged by B.B. (W302) Missa Brevis (Opus 63) (W120) Mon Reve Familier (W167) Mont Juic (Opus 12)(W24) Mony a Pickle (W225) Negroes (W226) (The) New Operator (W227) Night covers up the rigid land (W168) Night Mail (W228) Night Piece (Notturno) (W56) Nocturnal after John Dowland (Opus 70) (W57) Nocturne (Opus 60) (W169) Nonpiuch'lfoco(W170) Not even summer yet (W171) Now sleeps the crimson petal (W172) Noye's Fludde (Opus 59) (W7) Occasional Overture (Opus 38) (W25) Odes and Elegies - Henry Purcell: realized b\ B.B. (W303) Oh, that I'd ne'er been married (WT73)
260 Benjamin Britten On the Frontier (W268) On this Island (Opus 11) (W174) Orpheus Britannicus - songs by Henry Purcell: realized by B.B. (W304) Our Hunting Fathers (Opus 8) (W175) Out of the Picture (W269) Owen Wingrave (Opus 85) (W8) (The) Oxen (W121) Pacifist March (W122) Pageant of Empire (W270) Paul Bunyan (Opus 17) (W9) Peace of Britain (W229) Peter Grimes (Opus 33) (WIO) Phaedra (Opus 93) (W176) Phantasy in F minor for string quintet (W58) Phantasy Quartet (Opus 2) (W59) Phrase (W177) (A) Poem of Hate for piano (W60) Poeme No.4 in B flat for small orchestra (W26) (A) Poet's Christmas (W271) (The) Poet's Echo (Opus 76) (W178) (A) Poison Tree (W179) Praise We Great Men (W123) Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra (Opus 29) (W27) Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria for organ (W61) (The) Prince of the Pagodas (Opus 57) (W13) (The) Prodigal Son (Opus 81) (W202) Prologue, Song and Epilogue (W180) Psalm 150 (Opus 67) (W124) (The) Punch Revue (W272) Quartet in D major (W62) Quartet in F (W63) Quartet No.l in D (Opus 25) (W64) Quartet No.2 in C (Opus 36) (W65) Quartet No.3 (Opus 94) (W66) Quartettino for String Quartet (W67) Quatre Chansons Franchises (W181) (The) Rape ofLucretia (Opus 37) (Wll) (The) Red Cockatoo (W182) Reflection for viola and piano (W68) Rejoice in the Lamb (Opus 30) (W125) (The) Rescue (W273)
Alphabetical List of Compositions 261 Reveille (W69) Rhapsody for string quartet (W70) (The) Rocking-Horse Winner (W274) Russian Funeral (W28) Sacred and Profane (Opus 91) W126) Saint John Passion - J.S. Bach: edited by B.B. (W305) Saint Nicholas (Opus 42) (W127) (The) Saving of Bill Blewitt (W230) (The) Savings Bank (W231) Scherzettino - A.B. (W71) Scherzo (W72) Scottish Ballad (Opus 26) (W29) Sechs Holderlin-Fragmente (Opus 61) (W183) Serenade for tenor, horn and strings(Opus 31) (W184) Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (Opus 22) (W185) Sextet (W73) (A) Shepherd's Carol (W271) Simple Symphony (Opus 4) (W30) Sinfonia da Requiem (Opus 20) (W31) Sinfonietta (Opus 1) (W32) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Opus 49) (W74) Soirees Musicales (Opus 9) (W306) Somnus the Humble God (W186) Sonata in C for cello and piano (Opus 65) (W75) Sonatina for piano (W76) Sonatina for violin and piano (Wll) Sonatina Romantica for piano (W78) Songs and Proverbs of William Blake (Opus 74) (W187) Songs from the Chinese (Opus 58) (W188) Sorting Office (W232) Spain (W275) Spring Symphony (Opus 44) (W128) Stay down Miner (W276) Stratton (W277) Suite for cello No.l (Opus 72) (W79) Suite for cello No.2 (Opus 80) (W80) Suite for cello No.3 (Opus 87) (W81) Suite for harp (Opus 83) (W82) Suite for violin and piano (Opus 6) (W83) Suite on English Folk Tunes, 'A Time there Was...' (Opus 90) (W33) (The) Sword in the Stone (W278) Symphony for cello and orchestra (Opus 68) (W34)
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TeDeuminC(W129) Telegrams (W233) Tema-'Sacher'(W84) Temporal Variations for oboe and piano (W85) Theme - for organ symphony (W86) Themes for improvisation for organ (W309) They walk alone (W279) Three character pieces for piano (W87) Three small songs (W189) Three two-part songs (W130) Timon of Athens (W281) Tit for Tat (W190) Title Music III (W234) To Lie Flat on the Back (W191) (The) Tocher (W235) Tradition (W192) (The) Turn of the Screw (Opus 54) (W12) (The) Twelve Apostles (W13 1) Twelve Variations on a Theme (W88) Two Ballads (W193) Two Insect Pieces for oboe and piano (W89) Two Lullabies for two pianos (W90) Two part-songs (W132) Two Portraits for string orchestra (W35) UmMitternacht(W194) Un Prince etait vexe (W195) Up the Garden Path (W282) Variation on an Elizabethan Theme (W36) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Opus 10) (W37) Venite Exultemus Domino (WT33) Voices for Today (Opus 75) (W134) War Requiem (Opus 66) (W135) (The) Way to the Sea (W236) (The) Way to the Tomb (W280) (A) WealdenTrio(W136) (A) Wedding Anthem (Opus 46) (W137) Welcome Ode (Opus 95) (W138) What the wild flowers tell me - Gustav Mahler: arranged by B.B. (W307) When night her purple veil - Henry Purcell: arranged by B.B. (W308) When you're feeling like expressing your affection (W196) Who are these children? (Opus 84) (W197)
Alphabetical List of Compositions Wild with passion (W198) Winter Words (Opus 52) (W199) (The) World of the Spirit (W283) Young Apollo (Opus 16) (W38) (The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Opus 34) (W218)
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Appendix B: Chronological List of Compositions
Numbers following each title (e.g., W133) refer to the "Works and Performances" section of this volume. 1922/26 1923/25 1926 The Clerk (W153) Five Waltzes for piano (W48) Beware (W141) First Loss for violin and piano (W47) Oh, that I'd ne'er been married (W173) Poeme No.4 in B flat for small orchestra (W26) Sonatina for violin and piano (Wll) Humoreske [sic] in C for orchestra (W23) Mon Reve Familier (W167) Quartet in F (W63) Quatre Chansons Franchises (W181) Sonatina for piano (W76) Tit for Tat (W190) The Birds (W142) Miniature Suite for string quartet (W55) Rhapsody for string quartet (W70) (A) Wealden Trio (W136)
1927 1928
1928/31 1929
268 Benjamin Britten 1929/30 1930 Bagatelle for violin, viola and piano (W42) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (W17) Elegy for viola (W43) Everyone sang (W160) (A) Hymn to the Virgin (Wl 13) I Saw Three Ships (Wl 14) (A) Poem of Hate for piano (W60) Quartettino for string quartet (W67) Reflection for viola and piano (W68) Sextet (W73) Three character pieces for piano (W87) Two Portraits for string orchestra (W35) The King's Birthday/Christ's Nativity (W118) Quartet in D major (W62) Three small songs (W189) Twelve variations on a Theme (W88) Concerto in B minor for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (W20) Introduction and Allegro for violin, viola and piano (W51) Phantasy in F minor for string quintet (W58) Phantasy Quartet (Opus 2) (W59) Sinfonietta (Opus 1) (W32) Three two-part songs (W130) A Boy was Born (Opus 3) (W97) Alia Marcia for String Quartet (W39) Two part-songs (W132) Simple Symphony (Opus 4) (W30) Holiday Diary (Opus 5) (W50) Jubilate Deo in E flat (W116) May (Wll9) Te Deum in C (W129) Suite for violin and piano (Opus 6) (W83) Coal Face (W207) Conquering Space (W208) C.T.O. - The Story of the Central Telegraph Office (W209) Dinner Hour (W210)
1931
1932
1932/33 1933 1933/34 1934
1934/35 1935
Chronological L ist of Compositions Easter 1916 (W258) Friday Afternoons (Opus 7) (W107) Gas Abstract (W212) God's Chillun (W213) G.P.O. Title Music (W214) How the dial works (W216) H.P.O. (6d Telegram) (W217) (The) King's Stamp (W219) Men behind the meters (W222) Negroes (W226) (The) New Operator (W227) (A) Poison Tree (W179) (The) Savings Bank (W231) Sorting Office (W232) Telegrams (W233) Timon of Athens (W281) Title Music III (W234) (The) Tocher (W235) Two Insect Pieces for oboe and piano (W89) 1935/36 1936 When you're feeling like expressing your affection (W196) (The) Agamemnon of Aeschylus (W237) AJla Quartetto Serioso 'Go Play, Boy, Pay' (W40) Calendar of the Year (W206) Four Barriers (W211) Line to the Tschievra Hut (W220) Love from a Stranger (W221) Men of the Alps (W223) Message from Geneva (W224) Night Mail (W228) Not even summer yet (W171) Our Hunting Fathers (Opus 8) (W175) Peace of Britain (W229) Russian Funeral (W28) (The) Saving of Bill Blewitt (W230) Soirees Musicales (Opus 9) (W306) Stay down Miner (W276) Temporal Variations for oboe and piano (W85) Theme - for organ symphony (W86) Two Ballads (W193) Two Lullabies for two Pianos (W90) (The) Way to the Sea (W236)
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270 Benjamin Britten 1937 Around the Village Green (W204) (The) Ascent of F6 (W247) Book Bargain (W205) (The) Company of Heaven (W252) Hadrian's Wall (W260) King Arthur (W262) Mont Juic (Opus 12) (W24) Night covers up the rigid land (W168) On this Island (Opus 11) (W174) Out of the Picture (W269) Pacifist March (W122) Pageant of Empire (W270) Reveille (W69) To Lie Flat on the Back (W191) Up the Garden Path (W282) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Opus 10) (W37) Cabaret Songs (W145) Advance Democracy (W203) (The) Chartists' March (W251) Concerto No.l in D for piano and orchestra (Opus 13) (W18) Cradle Song (W155) Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (W161) Lines on the Map (W263) Mony a Pickle (W225) On the Frontier (W268) (The) Red Cockatoo (W182) Spain (W275) They walk alone (W279) (The) World of the Spirit (W283) A.M.D.G. (W91) A Une Raison ('Un coup de ton doigt') (W139) Advance Democracy (W92) Aube (WHO) Ballad of Heroes (Opus 14) (W95) Canadian Carnival (Opus 19) (W15) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Opus 15) (W19) Johnson over Jordan (W261) Les Illuminations (Opus 18) (W166) (The) Sword in the Stone (W278) Un Prince etait vexe (W195) Young Apollo (Opus 16) (W38)
1937/40 1938
1939
Chronological L ist of Compos it ions 271 1939/40 1940 Miscellany of Songs - Henry Purcell: arr. B.B. (W302) (The) Dark Valley (W254) Diversions for piano (left hand) and Orchestra (Opus 21) (W21) (The) Dynasts (W256) Introduction and Rondo Alia Burlesca (Opus 23, no.l) (W52) Les Sylphides - Frederic Chopin: arr. B.B. (W298) Nonpiuch'lfoco(W170) Phrase (W177) Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (Opus 22) (W185) Sinfonia da Requiem (Opus 20) (W31) Sonatina Romantica for piano (W78) (An) American Overture (W14) Matinees Musicales (Opus 24) (W301) Mazurka Elegiaca (Opus 23, no.2) (W54) Paul Bunyan (Opus 17)(W9) Quartet No.l in D (Opus 25) (W64) (The) Rocking-Horse Wimier (W274) Scottish Ballad (Opus 26) (W29) What the wild flowers tell me - Gustav Mahler: arr. B.B. (W307) Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (W16) Hymn to St Cecilia (Opus 27) (WHO) (An) Agreement of the People (W245) (An) American in England - No.l (W239) (An) American in England - No.2 (W240) (An) American in England - No.3 (W241) (An) American in England - No.4 (W242) (An) American in England - No.5 (W243) (An) American in England - No.6 (W244) Appointment (W246) Britain to America, Series I - No.9 (W248) Britain to America, Series II - No.4 (W249) Britain to America, Series II - No. 13 (W250) (A) Ceremony of Carols (Opus 28) (WlOl) Cradle song ('Sleep, my darling sleep') (W156) Die Forelle - Franz Schubert: arr. B.B. (W290) Fruhlingsnacht - Robert Schumann: arr. B.B. (W293) If thou wilt ease thine heart (W165)
1941
1941 /42
1942
272 Benjamin Britten Lumberjacks of America (W264) (The) Man born to be King - No. 10 (W265) (The) Man born to be King - No.l 1 (W266) Wild with Passion (W198) 1943 Ach, neige du schmerzenreiche - Franz Schubert: completed by B.B. (W284) (The) Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (W96) (The) Four Freedoms - No.l: Pericles (W259) Now sleeps the crimson petal (W172) Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra (Opus 29) (W27) Rejoice in the Lamb (Opus 30) (W125) (The) Rescue (W273) Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (Opus 31) (W184) Festival Te Deum (Opus 32) (W105) (A) Poet's Christmas (W271) (A) Shepherd's Carol (W271) p e ter Grimes (Opus 33) (WIO) Birthday Song for Erwin (W144) Epilogue for high voice and piano (W158) (The) Holy Sonnets of John Donne (Opus 35) (W163) (The) Instruments of the Orchestra (W218) Quartet No.2 in C (Opus 36) (W65) Themes for improvisation for organ (W309) The Way to the Tomb (W280) (The) Dark Tower (W253) (The) Duchess of Malfi (W255) (The) Eagle has two heads (W257) (The) Golden Sonata - Henry Purcell: arr. B.B. (W296) Occasional Overture (Opus 38) (W25) Odes and Elegies - Henry Purcell: ed. by B.B. (W303) Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria for organ (W61) (The) Rape of Lucretia (Opus 37) (Wll) (The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Opus 34) (W218) Albert Herring (Opus 39) (Wl) Canticle I (Opus 40) (W146) (A) Charm of Lullabies (Opus 41) (W151) Come Little Babe (W154)
1944
1944/45 1945
1946
1947
Chronological List of Compositions 273 Men of Goodwill (W267) Somnus the Humble God (Wl 86) 1947/48 1947/50 1948 (The) Beggar's Opera (Opus 43) Orpheus Britannicus - Henry Purcell: ed. by B.B. (W304) Harmonia Sacra - Henry Purcell: ed. by B.B. (W297) Chacony in G minor - Henry Purcell: arr. by Benjamin Britten (W288) Saint Nicholas (Opus 42) (W127) The Little Sweep (Opus 45) (W5) Spring Symphony (Opus 44) (W128) Stratton (W277) (A) Wedding Anthem (Opus 46) (W137) Five Flower Songs (Opus 47) (W106) Lachrymae (Opus 48) (W53) Evening, Morning, Night (W159) Billy Budd (Opus 50) (W2) Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell: ed. by B.B. (W289) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Opus 49) (W74) Canticle II (Opus 51) (W147) Gloriana (Opus 53) (W4) (The) Children and Sir Nameless (W152) If it's ever spring again (W164) Variation on an Elizabethan Theme (W36) Winter Words (Opus 52) (W199) Am Stram Gram (W23 8) Canticle III (Opus 55) (W148) Scherzo (W72) (The) Turn of the Screw (Opus 54) (W12) Alpine Suite (W41) Hymn to St Peter (Opus 56a) (Wl 12) (The) Punch Revue (W272)
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274 Benjamin Britten 1956 Antiphon (Opus 56b) (W94) (The) Prince of the Pagodas (Opus 57) (W13) Prologue, Song and Epilogue (W180) (The) Holly and the Ivy (W109) Malayan National Anthem; arranged by B.B. (W300) Songs from the Chinese (Opus 58) (W188) Einladung zur Martinsgans (W103) Nocturne (Opus 60) (W169) Noye's Fludde (Opus 59) (W7) Sechs Holderlin-Fragmente (Opus 61) (W183) Cantata Academica (Opus 62) (W99) Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury (W46) Missa Brevis (Opus 63) (W120) Urn Mitternacht (W194) (A) Midsummer Night's Dream (Opus 64) (W6) Fanfare for SS Oriana (W45) Fancie (W104) God Save the Queen: arranged by B.B. (W294) Jubilate Deo in C (Wl 15) Sonata in C for cello and piano (Opus 65) (W75) Venite Exultemus Domino (W133) War Requiem (Opus 66) (W135) (A) Hymn of St. Columba ( W i l l ) King Herod and the Cock (W117) Psalm 150 (Opus 67) (W124) (The) Twelve Apostles (W131) Cantata Misericordium (Opus 69) (W100) Night Piece (Notturno) (W56) Nocturnal after John Dowland (Opus 70) (W57) Cadenzas to Josef Haydn's Cello Concerto in C (W286) Curlew River (Opus 71) (W201) Suite for Cello No.l (Opus 72) (W79) Symphony for cello and orchestra (Opus 68) (W34)
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Gemini Variations (Opus 73) (W49) (The) Poet's Echo (Opus 76) (W178) Songs and Proverbs of William Blake (Opus 74) (W187) Voices for Today (Opus 75) (W134) When night her purple veil - Henry Purcell: arr. by B.B. (W308) (The) Burning Fiery Furnace (Opus 77) (W200) Cadenzas to W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No.22 (W287) (The) Golden Vanity (Opus 78) (W108) Hankin Booby (W22) (The) Building of the House (Opus 79) (W98) (The) Fairy Queen - Henry Purcell: ed. by B.B. (W291) (The) Oxen (W121) Suite for Cello No. 2 (Opus 80) (W80) Children's Crusade (Opus 82) (W102) (The) Prodigal Son (Opus 81) (W202) Dawties Devotion (W157) Five Spiritual Songs - J.S. Bach: arr. by B.B. (W292) (The) Gully (W162) Suite for Harp (Opus 83) (W82) Tradition (W192) Who are these children? (Opus 84) (W197) Fanfare for D.W. (W44) Owen Wingrave (Opus 85) (W8) Alleluia! for Alec's 80th birthday (W93) Canticle IV (Opus 86) (W149) God Save the Queen: arranged by B.B. (W295) Let the dreadful engines - Henry Purcell: arr. by B.B. (W299) Saint John Passion - J.S. Bach: ed. by B.B. (W305) Scherzettino - A.B. (W71) Suite for Cello No. 3 (Opus 87) (W81) Death in Venice (Opus 88) (W3) Canticle V (Opus 89) (W150) Suite on English Folk Tunes, 'A Time there Was ....' (Opus 90) (W33)
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276 Benjamin Britten 1974/75 1975 Sacred and Profane (Opus 91) (W126) A Birthday Hansel (Opus 92) (W143) Phaedra (Opus 93) (W176) Quartet No.3 (Opus 94) (W66) Praise We Great Men (W123) Tema- 'Sacher'(W84) Welcome Ode (Opus 95) (W138)
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Index
Page number references refer to pages in the Biography ; other entries refer to individual items in the Works and Performances list (W), the Discography (D) and the Bibliography (B). Since the Bibliography is arranged alphabetically by author, index listings for these items have not been included under the author's name (although, of course, other references to those authors are indexed). Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, D140, D151 Aitken, D.F., W263 Alberni String Quartet, W398; D42, D43 Aldeburgh Festival Chamber Ensemble, W278 Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, W127; D98 Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, D98 Aldeburgh Music Club, W72 Alexandra String Quartet, W70 Allen, Sheila, W252 Alston Audrey, p.3, W30 Alway, E.J., W263 Alwyn, William, W71 Amadeus String Quartet, W66 Ambrosian Opera Chorus, D49 Ambrosian Singers, Wl 14, W136 American Ballet Company, W301 Anderson, Max, W213 Anderson Robert, p.7 Ansermet, Ernest, Wl KW100 Austey, Edgar, W210, W2I5 Arditti String Quartet, W67
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Armstrong, Richard, D39 Arnold Malcolm, W71 Arta Council of Great Britain, p.6; W2 Arundell, Denis, W282 Ashton, Frederick, Wl, W3 Asquith, Herbert, W153 Astle, Ethel, p.3 Atlanta Boys Choir, D58 Atlanta Symphony Chorus, D58 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, D58 Auden, W.H., p.4,5; W9, W95, WHO, W128, W145, W161, W168, W174, W175, W191, W196, W207, W213, W226, W228, W236, W247, W254, W255, W260, W268, W271, W272, W274, W282; B517, B639a, B640, B698, B746, B801 Audoli, Jean-Walter, D47 Audubon, Quartet, D55 Aylmer, Felix, W252, W282. W283 Azavia, Victor, W238 Bach, J.S. W292, W305;B281 Bach Choir, D3 Baiilie, Alexander, D28, D29 Baines, William, B256 Baker, Janet, p.8; W176; B262a, B476 Ballet, William, Wll8 Bannerman, Betty, W193 Barber, Samuel, B571 Barbirolli, John, W31; D114, D136 Barkworth, Peter, W252 Barnfield, Richard, W128 Bartlett, Ethel, p.5; W29, W52, W54 Bartlett, May, W129 Barton, Francis C, W40 Basle University Chorus, W99 Basler Kammerorchester, W99 BBC Chorus W100, W252, W262 BBC Concert Orchestra, W23; D146 BBC Midlands Chorus, W106 BBC Northern Orchestra, W246; D105 BBC Orchestra, W129 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, D138
Index BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, D129 BBC Singers, WHO, W271 BBC Symphony Orchestra, W169; D105 BBC Wireless Singers, W97 Beard, Kenneth, W94 Beaumont, John, W128 Bebb, Emlyn, W283 Beck, Conrad, W84 Beddoes, Thomas Lovell, W165, W172, W198 Bedford, Steuart, W3, W8, W9, W33, W38, W85, W176, W181, W261; D5, D38, D59, D63, D64, D72, D82, D98, D109, D123, D126, D131, D135, D145, D153; B568, B597 Behrend, Mrs J.L., W65 Beinum, Edward van, W128 Bell, Victoria, W155 Belloc, Hilaire, WT42, Benjamin, Arthur, p.3; W50 Benjamin, George, W78 Bennet, Michael, W160 Bennett, Harry, W255 Berio, Luciano, W84 Berkeley, Lennox, p.4; W18, W24, W36, W71, W271 Best, Matthew, D7, D45 Binjon, Helen, W275 Blades, James, W253; B377 Blake, William, W128, W151, W155, W179, W184, W187 Blakeley, John, W141, W152, W157, W162, W164, W171, W173, W191, W192; D41, D83 Blatchly, Mark, D2 Bliss, Arthur, W71; B236 Bond, Ralph, W203 Bonnell, Charles, D27 Bonynge, Richard, Dl Boston Symphony Orchestra, W128 Bostridge, Ian, Dl 10a Boughton, Joy, W74 Boulez, Pierre, W84 Boult, Adrian, W25 Bournemouth Sinfonietta, D4, D147 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, D40 Bowman, James, W149, W302; D68 Boyd Neel Orchestra, W166; D107
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Boys, Henry, W19 Brabbins, Martyn, W17, W26, W35, W160; D129 Brain, Dennis, W148, Wl84; B219 Bratoev, B., D31 Bray, Eric, W59 Bream, Julian, W57, W188 Brecht, Bertolt, W102 Breton, Nicholas, W154 Bridge, Ethel, W39 Bridge, Frank, p.3; W32, W37, W39; B205, B220 B702, B704 Bridson, D. Geoffrey, W262 Briggs, Sarah, W87 Brill, Charles, D128 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), p.4, 5, 6, 7, W8, W25, W129, W309 Britten, Benjamin, as arranger: W130, W235, W284-W308 as a conductor: Wl, W2, W6, W8, W12, W13, W15, W18, W22. W30, W34, W36, W98 WlOO, W124, W125, W131, W135, W137, W175, W200 W201, W202, W251, W260, W264, W285, W286, W289, W291, W295, W305, W308; D3, D6, D9, D11, D48, D49, D50, D51, D53 D54, D62, D63, D65, D69, D70, D96, D97, D100, D107, Dl 14, D128, D137; B281, B282 as a librettist: W6 a performer: W18, W29, W38, W42, W52, W53, W54, W75, W83, W90, Wl 17, W146, W147, W148, W149, W163, W174, W183, W185, W187, W190, W197, W199, W268, W292, W299, W302; D57, D68 as a writer: B211-B232 Britten, Beth (sister), B246 Britten, Edith (mother), p.3 Britten, R.H.M.(brother), W107 Britten, Robert V.(father), p.3, W48 Britten Sinfonia, D121,D 152 Britten Singers, Wl 18 Bronkhurst, Henry, W282 Brosa, Antonia, W19, W39. W69, W83 Brown, Ian, W51, W156, W165, W179, W182, W194, W196, W198; D23, D29 Brown, lona, D106 Brown, T. Conway, W306 Browne, E. Martin, W280
Index Browning, Robert, W253 Brunelle, Philip, W252; D33 Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, D82 Burge, Stuart, W5 Burgess, Russell, W102; D99 Burney, Roger, W135 Burns, Robert, W143, W151, W173 Burra, Peter, W24, W171 Burrell, John, W273 Bush, Alan, W28, W71, W86 Bush, Geoffrey, W71 Caine, Natalie, W85 Cambridge Singers, D15 Camens, Louise, W189 Cameron, Basil, W19, W29, W31, W189 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, W38 Cantelo, April, W252 Caplan, Isador, W8 Caplan Joan, W8 Carolan, John, W252 Carrick, Edward, W261 Catto, Max, W279 Causse, Gerard, D31 Cavalcanti, Alberto, W206, W207, W223, W224, W225, W228, W230, W235, W306 Cavelti, Elsa, W99 CBC String Orchestra, W38 CBS Symphony Orchestra, D114 Charles Brill Orchestra, D128 Chaser, Auger, D52 Cheatle, John, W278, W282 Cherkassky, Shura, D113 Chopin, Frederick, W298 Christ Church Choir (Oxford), D2 Christie, Agatha, W221 Christophers, Harry, D86, D90, D92 Chuhaldin, Alexander, W38 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, D2, D8, D77, D108 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, D77 City of London Sinfonia, W204, D81, D93, D119 Civil, Alan, W172; D39
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Clare, John, W106, W128 Cleabury, Nicholas, W273: D121 Cleabury, Stephen, D91 Clinton-Baddeley, V.C., W282 Cocteau, Jean, W257 Cohen, Robert, D120 Coldstream, William, p.4; W219, W226 Coleman, Basil, W2, W4, W5, W12; B476 Coleman, C.J.R., Wl 13, Wl 14 Coleridge, S.T. W169 Collins, Anthony, W58 Collins, Michael, W16 Composers' Guild of Great Britain, W71 Concertgebouw Orchestra, W128 Constable, John, D89 Cooke, Arnold, W71 Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, W64 Coolidge String Quartet, W64 Copenhagen Boys' Choir, D95 Copland, Aaron, p.4 Cornish, William, WlOl Corwin, Nomian, W239, W240, W241, W242, W243, W244, W246 Cotton, Charles, W184 Cottrell, Leonard, W267 Coventry Festival (1962), W135 Crabbe, George, p.5; WIO, W106; B385 Cranbrook, Fidelity, W108 Cranko, John, p.6; W4, W6, W13 Craxton, Janet, D23 Craxton, John, W89 Crayford, Marcia, W51 Crone, T., D17 Cross, Joan, p.5; W302 Croydon Singers, D7 Crozier, Eric, p.6; Wl, W2, W5, WIO, Wll, W127, W218; B569 Culshaw, John, B440 Curzon, Clifford, W29, W52, W54 Cusack, Cyril, W253 Daniel, Nicholas, W85 Daniel, Samuel, W189 Darke, Harold, W129 Davazs, Arpad, W134
Index Davies, Meredith, W135 Davies, Peter Maxwell, B877 Davis, Colin, D78, D127, D132 Dawson, Ian, W252 Dean, Basil, W261 Delme Quartet, Dl 12 Denham, John, W186 Devereux, Robert (Earl of Essex), W4 Doane, Steven, D117 Dodgson, Stephen, W71 Donne, John, W158 Doone, Rupert, W237, W247, W268, W269, W281 Dowland, John, W53; B515 Downes, Ralph, W134 Downside School Choir, D62 Drake, Susan, D149 Dresser, Dan, W252 Debussy, Claude, B218 Dukes, Phillip, W20, W47, W68, W77 Duncan, Roger, W7 Duncan, Ronald, W l l , W104, W122, W137, W144, W159, W257, W272, W277, W280 Dunkerley, Piers, W135 Dupre, Marcel, W309 D'Urfey, Thomas,W299, W302 Dutch Radio Choir, W128 Dutilleux, Henri, W84 Easdale, Brian, W237, W247, W268, W269 East Anglian Chorus, W98 Eda-Pierre, Christiane, D47 Edwards, Terry, W91; D36 Eliot, T.S., W149, W150 Elizabeth II, Queen, p.6-7; W4, W143 Elizabeth, Queen (The Queen Mother), W143 Ellis, Osian, p.8; W82, W143, W150; D21, D68 Elly, L.B., W246 Elmhirst, Dorothy, W106 Elmhirst, Ixonard, W106 Elton, Arthur, W210, W222 Elton, Ralph, W216 Emanuel School Choir, D62
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Endellion Quartet, D19, D22, D25 English Chamber Orchestra, W3, W8, W22, W33 W38, W85, W98, W172, W176, W181, W252, W261, W286, W295; D5, D9, Dl 1, D45, D48, D51, D54, D63, D64, D72,D82, D96, D101, D102 English Opera Group, p.6; Wl, W3, W5, W6, W12, W200, W201, W202, W285, W289, W291; D53, D64, D69, D70 English Opera Group Orchestra, W278; D65, DlOO Evans, Nancy, W151; B569 Evans, Peter, B638 Farjeon, Eleanor, W107 Farr, Ray, W28 Felling Male Voice Choir, W260 Ferguson, Howard, W30 Fernald, John, W277 Ferrier, Kathleen, W128, W147 Festival of Britain (1951), p.6; W2 Finzi, Gerald, B456 Finzi Singers, Dl34, D149 Fischer-Dieskau. Dietrich, WlOO, W135, W187, W308;D49, D51 Fisher, Sylvia, p.7 Fleet Street Choir, WlOl Fletcher, John, W128, Wl89 Forbes, Watson. W259 Ford, Ford Madox, W136 Forster, E.M., p.5, 6; Wl, W2; B379 Former, Wolfgang, W84 Frankl, Peter, W90 French Radio Choir, W134 Friend, Lionel, D124 Fussell, Charles, W9 Gabrieli Quarter, W62; D89 Gale, J.J., W105 Gardiner, John Elliot, D139 Gatti, Daniele, W20 Gay, John, W285 Genn, Leo, W283 Giebel, Agnes, W99 Gielgud, Val, W262, W265, W266
Index 287
Gill, David, W135 Gill, Timothy, Dl 16 Gilles, Jean, B453 Gillian, Lawrence, W248, W249, W250, W267 Ginastera, Alberto, W84 Gingold, H., W266 Gioppa, Guy della, W274 Gishford, Anthony, B639 Giunta, Joseph, D35 Glover, Jane, D60 Goehr, Walter, W184, W253, W267 Goethe, J.W. von, W194 Golani, Rivka, D73 Goldstone, Anthony, W60, W76; D80 Gomez, Jill, D22 Goodhall, Reginald, p.5; WIO, W129 Goodman, Benny, W16 Goossens, Eugene, W29 Goossens, Leon, W59 Gordon, June, W109 Graham, Colin, W3, W7, W8, W108, W200, W201,W202; B476, B638 Grainger, Percy, W33 Granville, P. W302 Graves, Robert, W132 Greater London Council, W22 Green, Kenneth, p.6; WIO Greene, Robert, Wl51 Greenfield, Edward, B638 Grierson, John, W207, W220, W227, W228, W230 Grierson, Marian, W204 Griller String Quartet, W64 Gruber, H.K., B877 Guest, Douglas, W134 Guildhall Chamber Choir and Ensemble, Dl 18 Guthrie, Tyrone, W285 Gysegham, Andre van, W258 Haddo House Choral Society, W109 Haffenden, Elizabeth, W261 Haffner Wind Ensemble, W73 Hahessy, John, D68 Hales, Gordon, W213
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Haliday, Michael, W135 Halffter, Cristobal, W84 Hall, Martin, B877 Halle Choir and Orchestra, D122, D136, D144, D155 Hallis, Adolph, W85, W90, W193 Hancock, Gerre, D75 Handley, Vernon, D12 Harding, Ann, W221 Harding, Daniel, D152 Harding, Victor, W283 Hardy, Thomas, W121, W152, W164, W199 W256 Harewood, George, W2, W137; B105 Harewood, Marion, W2, W104, W137; B105, Harmonia Mundi Les Nouveaux Interpretes, Dill Harris, William, Wll5 Harper, Heather, W123, W135, W181 Harrison, Julius, WlOl Harvey, Trevor, W252, W283 Hawkes, Ralph, W175; BIO Haydn, Josef, W286 Headington, Christopher, D71 Heeley, Desmond, W13 Helmsley, Thomas, WlOO Helway, Marianne, W278 Henley, W.E., W302 Henze, Hans Werner, W84, W102; B475 Herbert, George, W94 Herford, Henry, W179 Herrey, Herman, W279 Herrick, Christopher, W252 Herrick, Robert, W106, W128 Herrmann, Bernard, W254, W274 Heyworth, Peter, B638 Hickox, Richard, W204; D74, D81, D93, D119,D138 Higginbottom, Edward, D13 Highgate School Choir, D3 Hill, David, D18 Hill, Derek, W i l l Hindmarsh, Paul, W261, W262, W283 Hobkirk, Christopher, W144 Hoddinott, Alun, B725
Index 289 Holliger, Heinz, W84 Holloway, Robin, B877 Holmes, John B., W236 Hoist, Imogen, W4, W13, W36, W98, W114, W118, W125, W289, W291, W305; B150 Hoist Orchestra, D36a Hope, Vida, W272 Hopkins, G.M., W91 Horowitz, Joseph, W71 Huber, Klaus, W84 Hugh, Tim, D130 Hugo, Victor, Wl81 Humby, Betty, W50, W83 Flunka, Katherine, W20 Flurlimann, Martin, W103 Hussey, Walter, W125 I Musici de Montreal, D73 Imai, Nobuko, W43 International String Quartet, W58, W59 Ireland, John, p.3 Irving, Ernest, W261 Isherwood, Christopher, p.5; Wl74, W247, W268 Ives, Grayston, D87 Jackson, Richard, W123 James, Henry, p.6,7; W8, W12 Jean-Walter Audoli Instrumental Ensemble, D47 Jeney, Gabor, W49 Jeney, Zoltan, W49 Jenkins, Rae, W301 Johnson, Graham, W168; D61, D67, D84, D110,D110a Jones, Delia, D145 Jones, Rosalind, W144 Jonson, Ben, W184 Jouineau, Jacques, W134 Judd, James, W9 Julian, J., W239
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Kahn, Charles, W258, W270. W276 Kampen, Christopher van. W5 1 Kashkashian, Kim. D10 Katchen, Julius, D50 Keats, John, W169, W184 Keller, Hans, W66, W102; B316 Kennard, Frank, W275 Kennedy, John F., p.7 Kenny, Yvonne, D17 Kertesz, Istvan, W134 King's College Choir (Cambridge), D26, D91, D104 Kirstein, Lincoln, W301 Knode, Charles, W8 Knussen, Oliver, W278; D66 Kodaly, Zoltan, W49 Kohler, Lutz, W262 Koussevitzky, Natalie, p.5; WIO Koussevitzky, Serge, p.5; W128 Kredor, Jean-Paul, W134 Lambert, Constant, W86, W95, B456 Lancelot, James, W116 Langridge, Philip, W123; D123, D145 Large, Brian, W8 Lavender, Justin, D141 Lawrence, D.H, W274 Lawrence, T.B., WlOl Lawrie, James, W285 Layton, S., Dl 15 Ledger, Philip, W114, W136, W291; D21, D26, D104 Lee, Rowland V., W221 Leeds Music Festival, (1961), W294 Legge, Stuart, W208, W209, W227, W231 Lemare, Iris, W97, W132; B628 Le Motel de Geneve, WlOO Leonard, Sarah, D150 Leppard, Raymond, W25 Leslie Russell Quartet, W260 Levin, Robert, D10 Lewis, Cecil Day, W271 Lewis, John, W5 Lewis, Joseph, W24, W306
Index 291 Liebenthal, Tertia, W97 Lindsay Quartet, D24 Little, Tamsin, W20 Livingston, Kathleen, D41 Lloyd-Jones, David, D147 Lloyd Weber, Julian, D34, D56, D140 Lobanov, Vassili, D32 Logie, Nicholas, D19 London Boy Singers, Wl 17, W131 London Chamber Orchestra, D52 London Collegiate Brass, D20 London Mozart Players, D60 London Philharmonic Choir, W252 London Philharmonic Orchestra, W175; D35 London Schools Symphony Orchestra, D131 London Sinfonietta, D66 London Sinfonietta Voices and Chorus, D36 London Symphony Chorus, D51, Dl 19 London Symphony Orchestra, D3, D9, Dl 1, D14, D49, D51, D59, D62, D76, D96, D132 London Symphopny Orchestra Chorus, D14 Longfellow, Flenry, W141 L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande WlOO Lott, Felicity, D46, D67 Loveday, Martin, W23 Lowell, Robert, W176 Lowestoft Musical Society, Wl 13, Wl 14 LuYu, W188 Lubotsky, Mark, D54 Ludwig of Hesse and the Rhine, W183 Lumsden, Andrew, D134, D149 Lutoslawski, Witold, W84 McAslan, Lorraine, D72 D83 McCabe, John, D56 MacDonald, Murray, W257 MacDougall, Ronald, W264 MacKerras, Charles, W7; D103 Mackie, Neil, W141, W152, W157, W162, W164, W171, W172, W173, W191, W192; D38, D41 McLaren, Norman, W205 McLaughlin, Marie, W123 MacNeice, Louis, W156, W237, W248, W249, W250, W253, W259, W269, W271,
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Maconchy, Elizabeth, W71 Magdalen College Choir (Oxford), D87 Maggini Quartet, D154 Mahler, Alma, W169 Mahler, Gustav, W307; B229, B757 Malcolm, George, W120 Mangeot, Andre, W59 Mann, Thomas, p.7; W3 Mar, Norman del, W5, W13, W277; D105 Marchal, Andre, W86 Marciniak, Thad, W98 Mare, Walter de la , p.4; W130, W190 Marion, Frances, W221 Marriner, Neville, D30. D39. DUO, D151 Martineau, Malcolm, D150 Mason, Berkeley, W283 Mason, Gwendolen, WlOl Massingham, Richard, W225 Masur, Kurt, D148 Mathieson, Muir, W218, W248, W249, W250 Matthews, Colin, W9, W16. W20, W30, W85, W123, W143, W172, W278; B638 Matthews, Thomas, W19 Maud, Jean, W218 Maud, John, W218 Maupassant, Guy de, Wl Maw, Nicholas, B877 Mayer, Elizabeth, p.4; WHO Mayer, William, p.4 Medley, Robert, W237, W247, W268, W269, W281 Melos Ensemble, W135 Melville, Herman, p.6; W2; B299, B610, B730 Mendelssohn, Felix, B578 Mennin, Peter, B769 Mewton-Wood, Noel, W18, W148 Meyerscough-Jones, Tony, W8 Michelangelo, W170, W177, W185, W195, Middleton, Thomas, W169 Milford, Julian, Dl41 Miller, J.H.W251 Miller, James, W263 Milton, John, W128 Minchinton, John, W36 Minnesota Orchestra, D30
Index 293 Mitchell, Donald, W200; B162, B302, B638, B757 Mitchell, Kathleen, W200 Mitisek, Andreas, W35 Moisewitsch, Tanya, W285 Monck, Nugent, W281 Monk, Geoffrey W., W269 Moody, Nell, Wl71 Morgan, Brewster, W254 Mork, Truls Otterbach, D37 Morrison, Rona, W213, W216 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, D137 Mozart, W.A., W287; B227, B453, B522 Murrill, Herbert, W281 Murrow, Edward R., W239, W240, W241, W242, W243, W244 Nagaro, KentW20; D122, D144, D155 Nash Ensemble, D124 Nashe, Thomas, W128 National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dl Neary, Martin, Wl 16 Neel, Boyd, W27, W37, W221 Nelson, Havelock, W i l l Nettleship, Ursula, WlOl New College Choir (Oxford), D13 New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dl 14, D148 Nobel, Felix de, Wl51 Northern Sinfonia, W160; D39, D109, D135, D153 Northgate School Choir and Orchestra, W124 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, D106 Obey, Andre, Wll O'Donnell, R.P., W239, W240, W241, W242, W243, W244 Oldham, Arthur, W36, W280 Olof, Theo, D136 Ormandy, Eugene, W21 Osborne, Tony, W138 Owen, Wilfred, W135, W169 Paderewski, I.J., W54 Palmer, Felicity, D22
294 Benjamin Britten Parkin, Helen, W59 Partridge, Ian, D88 Pavri, Fali, D116 Pears, Peter, p.4, 5, 6, 7, 8, as conductor: W126 as editor/translator: W187, W291, W292, W297, W303, W304, W305 as librettist: W6 as a singer: W4, W99. WlOO, WT27, W128, W131, W135, W141, W143, W146, W147, W149, W150, W163, W169, WI73, W183, WT84, W185, W18#, W197, W199, W252, W292, W302; D49, D51, D68; Bl 19, B279a, B468, B469, B58L B624, B758, B865 as a writer: B29 Peele, George, W128 Pemberton, Reece, W277 Pepusch, J.C., W285 Perahia, Murray, W88 Persichetti, Vincent, B729 Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, W123; D139 Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Wl 15 Philip, John, W151 Philips, Edward, W302 Piper, John, p.6; Wl, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8, W l l , W12, W13, W199; B476 Piper, Myfanwy, p.6,7: W3, W8, W12, W199; B638 Plomer, William, W4, W150, W200, W201, W202, W272 Plymouth Music Series Chorus, D33 Plymouth Music Series Orchestra, D33 PoChu-i, W182, W188 PopeCathryn, W252 Potter, Mary, W41 Potter, Stephen, W263 Preston, Simon, W133; D3 Previn, Andre, D14, D16 Priestley, J.B., W261 Primrose, William, W53 Pritchard, John, W4, W294 Prokofiev, Serge, p.6; B709 Puccini, G., B396 Pudney, John, W251, W260, W263 Purcell, Henry, p.6: W65, W218, W288, W289, W296, W297, W299, W302, W303, W304, W308; B51, B282, B489, B492, B557, B568, B692, B778
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Purcell Singers, W118 Pushkin, Alexander, W178 Pyatt, David, D121 Quarles, Francis, W97, W146 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, W22 Racine, W176 Rahman, Sophie, W47, W68, W77 Rails, Stephen, W189 Randolph, Thomas, W151 Rathbone, Basil, W221 Rattle, Simon, W14; D2, D8, D77, D108 Ravenscroft, Thomas, W175 Raybould, Clarence, W15, W262, W273 Reed, Philip, B638 Reger, Max, B523 Rehfuss, Heinz, W99 Reiniger, Lotte, W235 Reiss, Stephen, W6 Reizenstein, Franz, W69 Richards, Bernard, W39 Richards, Ceri, W7 Richter, Sviatoslav, W287; D32, D54 Rimbaud, Arthur, W139, WHO, W166 Roberts, R. Ellis, W252, W283 Robertson, Alec, W93, WHO Robertson, Rae, p.5; W29, W52, W54 Rodzinski, Artur, p.5 Roland, Kathleen, W155 Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, D46, D60, D61, D84 Roll, Michael, W38 Rome, Stewart, W252 Rorem, Ned, B638 Roscoe, Martin, W17 Ross, Hugh, W9, W134 Rossetti, Christina, W97 Rossini, G., W235, W301, W306; B759 Rostropovich, Mstislav, W34, W75, W79, W80, W81, W84, W123,W178, W286: D51, D57, D137; B3, B579 Rotha, Paul, p.4; W229, W236 Roussin, Andre, W238 Royal Ballet, W3
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Royal College of Music (London), p.3 Royal Opera House Chorus, D6, D78, D97 Royal Opera House Orchestra, D6, D50, D78, D97, D127 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, D16 Rozario, Patricia, W168 Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi, D105, D133 Rubbra, Edmund, W71 Runswick, Daryl, W145 Rutter, John, D15 Rylands, George, W255 Sacher, Paul, W84, W99 Sackville-West, Edward, W184, W271, W273 Sadler's Wells Opera Company, WTO St. Clement Danes School Boys' Choir, D14 St. John's College Choir (Cambridge), D142 St. Mark's Church, Swindon, W105 St. Matthew's Church, Northampton, W125 St. MichaePs Singers, W129 St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, D36, D76, D86, Dl 15 St. Thomas Church Choir (New York), D75 Samuel, Harold, p.3 Saram, Rohan de, W84 Sassoon, Siegfried, W160 Save the Children Fund, W102 Savijoki, Jukka D88 Sayers, Dorothy L., W265, W266 Schach, Max, W221 Schenk, Charles A., W264 Schola Cantorum, W134 Schubert, Franz, W284, W290, W291; B234, B235 Schumann, Robert, W293; B245 Schutz, H., B514 Schwarz, Rudolf, W4, W13, W169 Scott, John, D45 Scottish Chamber Orchestra, D38 Scottish National Orchestra, D46 Searle, Humphrey, W36, W71 Sears, Nicholas, D15 Sedley, Charles, W302 Segal, Liri, D40 Servadei, Annette, D35 Shakespeare, William, W6, W104, W169, W281 Shaw, Alexandra, W218
Index 297 Shaw, Keith, W138 Shaw, Robert, D58 Shelley, Percy B , WT69 Shelton, Lucy, W156, W165, W182, W194, W196, W198 Shirley-Quirk, John, W149, W190, W299, W302; D21,D68 Shostakovich, Dimitri, W202 Sinfonietta Voices, W91 Sitwell, Edith, W123, W148, W180, W271 Sixteen, The, D86, D90, D92 Slater, Enid, W95 Slater, Montagu, p.4,5; WIO, W85, W95, W193, W207, W218, W245, W258, W270, W275, W276 Smart, Christopher, W125 Smith, Milton, W9 Smithwick, Cecily, W121 Snyder, Barry, Dl 17 Solti, Georg, W44 Sorrel String Quartet, W55, W63; D125 Soutar, William, W157, W162, W192, W193, W197 Southwell, Robert, WlOl, Wl 18 Sowerby, Leo, B729 Sparke, Philip, W261 Speaight, Robert, W283 Spencer, Sylvia, W89 Spenser, Edmund, W128 Spice, Evelyn, W204, W206 Spicer, Paul, D134, D149 Stein, Erwin, Wll, W144; B43 Stern, James, W274 Stevens, Halsey, B729 Stevens, Pauline, W118 Stobart, James, D20 Stokes, Leslie, W263 Strasser, Emmanuel, D i l l Stratton String Quartet, W40 Stravinsky, Igor, p 6; B745 Strode, Rosamund, W118, W136; B638 Stubbs, Annena, W200, W201, W202 Stubbs, C.W., W118 Suffolk Schools' Choir and Orchestra, W138 Svetlanov, Eugeni, D143 Swingler, Randall, W92, W95
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Tapiola Sinfonietta, D85 Tate, Nahum, W289 Taylor, Jane, W107 Tchaikovsky, Peter, p.6 Tear, Robert, D39 Temianka, Henri, W83 Tennessen, Terja, D37 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, W169, W172, W184 Thackeray, W.M., W107 Thalben-Ball, George, W129 Third Programme (BBC), W25 Thomas, Ronald, D4 Thompson, Michael, D46 Thomson, Bryden, D46 Thorne, Gordon, W171, Tippett, Michael, p.5; W36, W201, W271; B216, B322a, B456. B897 Titley, William B., W78 Tomter, Lars Anders, W20; D37, D106 Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra, D31 Trinity Boys' Choir, D93 Trumpeters of the Suffolk Regiment, W46 Trotter, Thomas, D7 Tuckwell, Barry, D38, D68 Tudor, Anthony, W261 Tunnard, Viola, D53 Turovsky, Yuli, D73 Tusser, Thomas, W97 Udall, Nicholas, W107 Ulster Orchestra, D12 Ulster Singers, W i l l United Nations, W134 U.S.S.R. State Symphony Orchestra, D133, D143 Valois, Ninette de, W13 Vanska, Osmo, D85 Vasary, Tamas, W16, W90 Vaughan, Henry, W118, W128 Verdi, G., B200, B244, B453, B470 Verlaine, Paul, W167, W181 Vienna Boys' Choir, W108 Viertel, Bertold, W279
Index Vignoles, Roger, W173; D44 Vincent, Jo, W128 Vinden, Maurice, W97, W129 Vishnevskaya, Galina, W178 Vosper, Frank, W221 Waddington, S.P., p.3 Waley, Arthur, W182, W188 Walker, Edward, W259 Walker, Gordon, W259 Walker, Sarah, D44 Wallace Collection, D79 Wallfisch, Raphael, D5 Walter, Wilfred, W276 Walters, Edward, W125 Walton, Izaak, W107 Walton, Richard, W253 Walton, William, W36, W86; B213, B456 Wandsworth School Choir and Orchestra, W8, W102; D99 Warren-Green, C, D52 Watkins, Sara, D21 Watkinson, Carolyn, D17 Watt, Harry, W211, W223, W228, W232 Webster, David, W44 Webster, John, W255 Wedderburn, James, WlOl Wedderburn, John, WlOl Wedderburn, Robert, WlOl Welford, Kit, W174 Welford, Roguey, W7 Welford, Sally, W7 Welford, Sebastian, W7 Welsh National Opera Choirs and Orchestra D39, D103 West, Julia, W155 Westminster Cathedral Choir, WT20; D7, D18 Wetton, H.D., D36a Whettam, Graham, W71 White, Miles, W255 White, T.H., W278 Whitfield, John, D22 Whitty, (Dame) May, W254
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Bio-Bibliographies in Music, Number 87 Donald L. Hixon, Series Adviser

GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut London

Dedicated to the memory of Eric and Florence Hampshire

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Works and Performances 3+1.3.3+1.3/4.3.3.1/timpani percussion (2) celesta piano 2 harps/strings

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VARIATION 4 OF VARIATIONS ON AN ELIZABETHAN THEME

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Works and Performances for strings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

46 Benjamin Britten 1. 2. 3. 4. March Moto perpetuo Lullaby Waltz

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62 Benjamin Britten Text: Anon, (early English)

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March Jig (orchestra) Roundel Modulation (orchestra) Canon

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Duration: 2Vi minutes Publication: Boosey & Hawkes

1. Fanfare 2. Villes 3. (a) Phrase (b) Antique 4. Royaute

Dedication: "To Christopher Isherwood"