Curlew River --- A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is the first of three Church Parables by Benjamin Britten. The work is based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidagawa (Sumida River) of Juro Motom
This work was composed for the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations and requires a large adult chorus of men and women, and a smaller children's choir placed separately with its own conductor a
Titles: Lord, I married me a wife * She's like the Swallow * Lemady * Bonny at morn * I was lonely and forlorn * David of the White Rock * The False Knight * Bird Scarer's Song
Sacred and Profane consists of eight settings for unaccompanied voices of lyrics from RT Davis' collection of Medieval English lyrics, composed early in 1975 for Peter Pears and the Wilbye Consort of
These songs were written at the special wish of Her Majesty the Queen for her mother's seventy-fifth birthday, August 4th 1975. Its first public performance was given on the 9th January 1976, at Schlo
These settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, the Jesuit poet, were written while Britten was resident in America. The title is a shorthand form of a pious inscription, Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam, oft
(BH Large Choral). for unaccompanied SSATB with SSATB solos also version for solo voices Text: W.H.Auden Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Difficulty level: 4 This work had a long gestation as Britten ha
(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). 63 songs, with extensive historical introductory notes. Includes all art songs originally composed for voice and piano published by Boosey & Hawkes. The content is the
Boosey & Hawkes VoiceThis selection was made with student singers and pianists in mind. These are 12 of the most tangible, useful and approachable of Britten's jewel-like folksong settings. Includ
This fantastic book contains 3 complete suites from Opus numbers 72, 80 and 87. Each suite has background information written by Benjamin Britten for a more authentic performance.
