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Source: Boosey & Hawkes

Written in 1953 between Benjamin Britten’s operas Gloriana and The Turn of the Screw, Winter Words op. 52 is a collection of songs for high voice and piano that sets texts by Thomas Hardy.

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Source: Boosey & Hawkes

Benjamin Britten’s imaginative response to music by John Dowland, Lachrymae was originally composed in 1948 for viola and piano. It was later arranged for viola and string orchestra towards the end of Britten’s life in 1976, and offers a window into his lifelong fascination with early music.

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Source: Boosey & Hawkes | Sikorski

Conductor Semyon Bychkov explains how Dmitri Shostakovich can now be viewed as a miraculous survivor, coding into his works the fears and aspirations of the Soviet people.

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Johannes Kalitzke composed a new score for the 1928 silent film drama La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

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