All Benjamin Britten articles
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VideoCarolin Widmann performs Britten’s Violin Concerto
The violinist, who discusses the piece in the April 2023 issue, performed it with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony on 10 February 2023
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ReviewTimothy Ridout: Vaughan Williams, Martinů, Hindemith, Britten
Blossoming viola soloist gracefully takes on the mantle of Tertis
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BlogsAlban Gerhardt on playing the Britten and Shostakovich sonatas side by side
Their composers may have been friends but these two 20th-century masterpieces, written 30 very eventful years apart, could hardly be more different
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ReviewDoric Quartet: Purcell and Britten
Britten’s own viola takes centre stage in the composer’s quartets
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ReviewAlexander Ramm: Britten
Alexander Ramm plays Britten Tchaikovsky medallist channels Rostropovich in Britten’s cello music
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ReviewChaconnes and Fantasias - Britten: String Quartets no.2 in C major op.36 & no.3 in G major op.94; Purcell: Chacony in G minor (arr. Britten), Fantazias nos 6, 8, 10 & 11
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Fantasy and intensity at play in a British line of musical successionMusicians: Emerson QuartetComposer: Britten, Purcell Catalogue Number: DECCA GOLD 4815204 The musical relationships between Britten and his illustrious forebear Purcell are explored on this neatly conceived programme, which intermingles ...
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BlogsMy years performing with Benjamin Britten
The violinist Nona Liddell first met Britten at Sadler's Wells during rehearsals for the Aldeburgh Festival. She performed alongside him for many years, and remembers an extraordinary musician with very high standards