Three Songs from 'Orpheus Britannicus'
(arr.1963)for high voice and orchestra realized by Benjamin Britten
Duration: 12'
Music Text
(E)
Scoring
2(I,II=picc).2.0.2-0.0.0.0-str
1 Hark, the ech'ing air (2picc.2.0.2-str)
2. Not all my torments
3.Take not a woman's anger ill
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Boosey & Hawkes
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These three realizations were made for performances given by Britten and Pears on their celebrated tour to Russia in 1963. Originally intended to constitute part of a second and longer suite of songs from Orpheus Britannicus, which Britten never completed, these songs nonetheless work extremely well as a set, full of the mastery that marks all of Britten’s excursions into the music of a composer he greatly admired.
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