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Un recorrido por Britten, celebrando las mejores obras del compositor que lanzó el renacimiento operístico inglés.

John Wilson reflects on his journey with the Sinfonia of London, and returning to Benjamin Britten and English music for the orchestra’s latest recording, an acutely personal experience for the conductor. 

Ahead of a performance on Remembrance Day in Coventry Cathedral, Catherine Arlidge, former violinist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra talks about performing one of Britten’s most public and personal works. 

The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor talks about returning to Britten’s War Requiem to launch the 2026–27 season, conducting opera, Sibelius and Schumann, and trusting in music to communicate its message.

This season, Switzerland’s premier public-facing concert series juxtaposes several notable Beethoven performances with a variety of other music from around the world. 

Barbara Hannigan talks about her relationship with Boulez, on singing Pli selon pli, and returning to the London Symphony Orchestra to conduct two programmes this season.

The American tenor talks about taking on Britten’s most archetypical tragic, flawed character, in a new production premiering at Dutch National Opera.

Ahead of a programme celebrating the Philharmonia's "horn sound", former principal Richard Watkins talks about the orchestra's debt to Dennis Brain, Britten's Serenade and a new concerto composed for him by Mark-Anthony Turnage. 

The Canadian bass-baritone marks his 30th anniversary at The Royal Opera with not just one new role, but seven, in a new production of Britten's Death in Venice.

Ils ont longtemps été la risée du milieu de la musique : aujourd'hui, les altistes sont plus que jamais à prendre au sérieux. Enquête sur l'évolution étonnante d'un instrument encore trop méconnu.

The birth of a new orchestra: the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra is a cause for celebration as nine Conservatoires in the UK and Russia join forces to create a new orchestra for an inaugural tour.

From the anthology of classical music greats there springs a surprising number of multi-faceted composers. We already know all about their musical achievements, but from Rossini to Wagner, many hide also talents as science geniuses, celebrated chefs, sporting prodigies, accomplished artists and even political pioneers. 

Benjamin Britten is widely thought of as one of the finest composers that Britain has ever produced. Yet his relationship with much of the music of his native country was terse to say the least. 

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Edward Benjamin Britten was born on 22nd November 1913, which happens to be the day of St Cecilia (patron saint of all musicians), in Lowestoft, Suffolk. In his early years, the sounds of the sea and the First World War surrounded him and became his earliest influences, and his mother holding concerts at the house meant Britten was constantly exposed to the “big names” of the industry.