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...