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| Composer | Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Work type | Brass or wind band |
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HelsinkiChamber Music Festival ”Dedicated to You”
Stravinsky, Jolivet, Britten, Wagner, Pärt, Jalkanen, Telemann
Members of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Tears for transience: Roderick Williams sings Butterworth
Its theme of the passing of everything from cherry blossom to opera houses made this a programme for the artistic perils of our time.
Impassioned musicianship at Snape's “Britten and Russia” weekend
Britten's Cello Symphony and a no-holds-barred account of Shostakovich’s mighty Tenth Symphony at Snape Maltings
Elegiac, violent, purposeful Shostakovich 11
Alina Ibragimova plays with skill but insufficient sound to fill the Royal Albert Hall; Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO blow the roof off with Shostakovich's account of the Revolution of 1905.