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Clarinet Concerto (incomplete: 1st movement only, 1942/3, orch. by Colin Matthews, who later added two further movements from 1940s Britten sketches, incl. Sonata for Orchestra; resulting work, Movements for a Clarinet Concerto, first published 2008) In memoriam Dennis Brain (c. 1958), unfinished sketch for four horns and orchestra.
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.
Britten composed his five Canticles over an extended period of almost 30 years, between 1947 and 1975. [1] They have in common to be written for voices, all including a tenor with Peter Pears in mind, as a result of "the personal and creative relationship between Britten and his most important muse". [2] All are set to religious but not ...
Choral compositions by Benjamin Britten (1 C, 16 P) Concertante works by Benjamin Britten (1 C, 2 P) O. Operas by Benjamin Britten (15 P) S. Song cycles by Benjamin ...
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), a setting of a poem by W. H. Auden written between 1940 and 1942. Auden's original title was "Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day", and he later published the poem as "Anthem for St. Cecilia’s Day (for Benjamin Britten)".
The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, is a song cycle written in 1943 by Benjamin Britten for tenor, solo horn and a string orchestra.Composed during the Second World War at the request of the horn player Dennis Brain, it is a setting of a selection of six poems by English poets on the subject of night, including both its calm and its sinister aspects.
Pages in category "Choral compositions by Benjamin Britten" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne is a song cycle composed in 1945 by Benjamin Britten for tenor or soprano voice and piano, and published as his Op. 35. [1] It was written for himself and his life-partner, the tenor Peter Pears, and its first performance was by them at the Wigmore Hall, London on 22 November 1945.
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