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Work: Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland, Op.48

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ComposerBritten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeChamber
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A Britten and Dowland winter warmer from Allan Clayton and friends

The tenor man told Thomas Hardy’s familiar verses with such probing honesty that I heard newness in all of them.
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An evening of English repertoire at King's Place where the pleasures were flecked with disappointments. 
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Dancing to Benjamin Britten: Richard Alston’s Phaedra

Barbican Britten: Phaedra is just one of the events in the venue’s two-week celebration of the composer’s centenary. The programme presents four pieces choreographed by Richard Alston to Benjamin Britten’s music. Alston’s choreography is well suited to Britten’s music: both artists are lyrical, tempered, and incline toward narrative.
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