This was a virtuosic, witty performance of a mixed programme of works mostly by Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland, who spent the summer of 1939 together in Woodstock ...

Benjamin Britten moved back to Suffolk and founded the Aldeburgh Festival and helped build the Snape Maltings Concert Hall The birthplace of Benjamin Britten that was his seafront family home for more ...

A terminal illness two weeks ago proved perhaps the most rapidly mutating medical condition of recent times. On Friday, it was a heart condition. On Sunday, it had surprisingly turned into tertiary ...

Benjamin Britten was born in Suffolk, England on November 22, 1913. He was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century. He wrote operas, choral music, requiems .. as well as ...

Benjamin Britten was a child prodigy who went on to compose some of the 20th century’s greatest works. Peter Parker salutes a man whose genius was fuelled by personal passions. Neil Powell (Benjamin ...

Charles Hazlewood examines Britten's work alongside Bridge's Three Idylls. Duration: 1:03:10 Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Charles Hazlewood looks at Britten's Young Person's Guide to ...

In the spring of 1904, a large group of freelance players, goaded by a managerial ultimatum, walked out of the Queen's Hall Orchestra and set up their own self-governing outfit. And over the 100 years ...