As young as he was, aged only 16, Britten produced in this carol a tiny masterpiece. This is one of the most well-known and best-loved of his choral pieces. Understandably so, too. It has all the ingr...
Britten's confirmed pacifism resulting in various works including this setting for mixed choir of text by Randall Swingler.
Text from Psalm 70 (Psalm 69 in the Vulgate).
The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grades 7 & 8). The edition is part of the ABRSM Summer syllabus 2006 (grade 8).
A dramatic work of considerable substance, from which individual movements may be performed separately as anthems or concert works. The work sets a variety of texts from authors as varied as John Rusk...
Five Flower Songs di Benjamin Britten, op. 47 per coro misto con accompagnamento di pianoforte solo per prove. Testo di Robert Herrick.
This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. Auden was eventually asked and produced the poem in 1940. Britten's setting was immediately recognised as a major additi...
SATB Unaccompanied These settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, the Jesuit poet, were written while Britten was resident in America. The title is a shorthand form of a pious inscription, Ad Major...
A series of twelve songs with piano for children composed by Benjamin Britten between May 1933 and August 1934. Published as Friday Afternoons, Op.7, they were written for his brother Robert's prepara...
It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten's War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destr...
The Ceremony of Carols is one of Britten's best-known and most-performed works. It is a brilliantly conceived and dramatic concert work which sees the voices process to their places singing unaccompan...
Vocal Range: b-f''The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 6)
Chorpartitur - Knabenchor (SSA) und Orgel - lateinisch
Britten's Nocturnal After John Dowland Op. 70 is a fantastically varied and intricate piece for Solo Guitar, which has been edited here by Julian Bream. This piece will present an enjoyable challenge...
Composed December 1933-February 1934, Britten's Simple Symphony was based on material he wrote between the ages of nine and twelve. 18 minutes.
This Simple Symphony is entirely based on material from works which the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve. (The actual sources are given in footnotes to each movement.) Although the d...
Dieser Meilenstein der Notenausgaben beinhaltet alle 61 Volksliedbearbeitungen von Benjamin Britten (jeweils in einer Ausgabe für hohe und mittlere/tiefe Stimme) und vereint damit die Inhalte aus sieb...
This landmark publication includes all sixty-one of Britten's arrangements of folk songs, combining the contents of the seven published books in High and Low Voice editions. Some of the songs have nev...
Benjamin Britten's Sacred and Profane consists of eight settings for unaccompanied mixed voices of lyrics from RT Davis' collection of Medieval English lyrics, composed early in 1975 for Peter Pears a...
This fantastic book contains 3 complete suites from Opus numbers 72, 80 and 87. Each suite has background information written by Benjamin Britten for a more authentic performance.
Partitur - Männerchor (TBarB) und Klavier
The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 6).
This selection was made with student singers and pianists in mind. They are 12 of the most practical and accessible of Britten's jewel-like folksong settings. The book also includes historical notes o...
These four fantastic cabaret songs are splendid examples of the genre. They not only provide ample evidence of the composer's and poet's wit and high spirits, but are also wholly characteristic of a p...
This opera is the final section of the entertainment for young people called Let`s Make an Opera. The first section of this is in the form of a play and illustrates the preparation and rehearsal of an...
Based on Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream,Op. 64, this 15-minute choral suite was arranged and adapted by Lee Kesselman, and he has remained true to Britten's original score, with so...
These part-songs were the first of Britten's works to be published. In 1932 Britten showed the pieces to John Ireland during discussions about proofs and possible transpositions. First called Three S...