Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Britten - The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (complete)

Benjamin Britten (left) in his garden in Lowestoft, Suffolk.Photograph: Britten-Pears Foundation
Click through for an interesting article about Britten’s early years.

Benjamin Britten (left) in his garden in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Photograph: Britten-Pears Foundation

Click through for an interesting article about Britten’s early years.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Britten - String Quartet No. 3 - V. Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima)

Britten - String Quartet No. 3 - IV. Burlesque 

Britten - String Quartet No. 3 - III. Solo

Britten - String Quartet No. 3 - II. Ostinato

Britten - String Quartet No. 3 - I. Duets

Friday, November 11, 2011
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Benjamin Britten
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Benjamin Britten was born in this house on November 22, 1913. The house is 21, Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft in Suffolk. It was Britten’s home until 1934, by which time he had composed his Simple Symphony, based on music written in the house between the ages of nine and twelve.

Britten House as it is now known was bought by Ann and Colin Ceresa several years ago and just opened as a five star guesthouse after complete renovation.

(Source: overgrownpath.com)

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house. Benjamin Britten
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op. 33 - IV. Storm

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op. 33 - III. Moonlight

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op. 33 - II. Sunday Morning

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op. 33 - I. Dawn