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| Composer | Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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SnapeKnussen Chamber Orchestra II: Echoes
Britten, Wigglesworth, Brahms
Knussen Chamber Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Vilde Frang; Aylen Pritchin; Lawrence Power; Adrian Brendel
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Sea Pictures: Oramo and the BBCSO in contrasting British works
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When is a work actually finished ? Only when composer, publisher, editors and performers agree that it is... Sakari Oramo conducts the London premiere of Knussen's Cleveland Pictures.
Zehetmair and the ICO shine in Britten and Beethoven at Kilkenny
Violist Ruth Killius did double duty as page turner and violist with violinist husband Zehetmair in knockout Britten.
20th-century concerti with Tadaaki Otaka and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
“Three concertos and an epitaph” is how the Wales Millennium Centre summed up tonight’s concert. Not only did the selected programme focus almost exclusively on three composers’ essays in the concerto genre, but it also spanned a narrow period of time within the mid 20th-century: 22 years in total, or 38 if one includes Andrzej Panufnik’s Katyn Epitaph.