Watch & Listen

Source: Britten-Pears Foundation

This short new film introduces Benjamin Britten, the man and the music. It has been released by the Britten-Pears Foundation as a resource leading into the Britten Centenary in 2013.

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Source: Britten-Pears Foundation

This video documentary produced by the Britten-Pears Foundation introduces the background to Britten's opera Billy Budd with archive recordings by the composer, and film footage of Peter Pears.

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Source: Opus Arte

Benjamin Britten's haunting and sinister opera, composed in 1954, is based on the famous novella written by Henry James in 1898. Katie Mitchell's atmospheric and innovative film of the opera returns to the late 19th Century setting of the original story, Fulbeck Hall in Lincolnshire.

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Source: Britten-Pears Foundation

A documentary video feature produced by the Britten-Pears Foundation, featuring archive photos and footage from the time of the work's premiere and exploring the composer's pacifism.

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Source: Boosey & Hawkes

B&H Study Score Video Series: Listen and follow along with the publisher's score of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34.

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Benjamin Britten

for treble voices and harp

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Benjamin Britten

for treble voices and harp

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Benjamin Britten

for chorus and organ

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Benjamin Britten

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Benjamin Britten

opera in three acts

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