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Source: Britten-Pears FoundationThis 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.Views: 33377 -
Source: Opus ArteBenjamin 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.Views: 17398 -
Source: Britten-Pears FoundationA 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.Views: 115987 -
Source: Boosey & HawkesBenjamin 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.Views: 119 -
Source: Boosey & HawkesWritten 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.Views: 128 -
Source: Boosey & HawkesB&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.Views: 6464 -
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Source: Boosey & HawkesA special podcast interview with Elliott Carter in his 100th birthday year, describing his life and work as a composer.Views: 49648 -
Source: Boosey & HawkesThis interview with Elliott Carter charts his early years in New York, at Harvard and studying with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Music featured with the film includes Holiday Overture , Symphony No.1 and String Quartet No.1 .Views: 81694 -
Source: Boosey & HawkesThis second in a series of three interviews with Elliott Carter, filmed at his Manhattan apartment in 2010, two years before his death, focuses on two major scores, the Symphony of Three Orchestras and his opera What Next?Views: 38935
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Source: Boosey & HawkesThis third and final film in a series of three interviews with Elliott Carter, filmed at his Manhattan apartment in 2010, two years before his death, explores his creative motivations as a composer.Views: 37522