Music Text
WH Auden (E)
Scoring
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).1.Ebcl(=bcl).asax.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):xyl/cyms/tgl/BD/SD/tamb/TD-harp-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
Repertoire Note
Written as a commission from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and described by the composer as ‘my real opus 1’, Britten’s first mature song-cycle is also his first work to deal with a recurring theme in his output: man’s inhumanity to man. A tour-de-force of vocal bravura (for either soprano or tenor soloist) and of orchestral virtuosity, Our Hunting Fathers is increasingly recognized as one of Britten’s most original and brilliantly daring early works.
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Peter Pears/London Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
BBC Legends
BBCB 8014-2
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