The comprehensive series of recordings of Benjamin Britten conducting and playing his own music that Decca released during the 1960s and ’70s helped immeasurably to ensure that the great British ...

If you're a composer, there are a couple of good ways to ensure that your work will continue to be played, discussed and thought about after you're gone. One, of course, is to write music of ...

Benjamin Britten is a long way from having invented the concept of the all-around musician, but he certainly is its most significant embodiment today. In addition to producing a series of musical ...

Noye’s Fludde, completed in December 1957 and first performed during the 1958 Aldeburgh Festival, is Britten's most extended and elaborate work for children. To celebrate of the 60th anniversary of ...

Heather Harper, a Northern Irish-born soprano who was beloved for decades for her radiant voice and musical sensitivity in repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary music, and who was a notable ...

Before we hear Kent Nagano conducting the German Symphony Orchestra later in the program, we hear him direct the Halle Orchestra in the opening movement from Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta.

Filled with poignant verses from tragic First World War poet Wilfred Owen, it was swiftly declared a masterpiece. Benjamin Britten's War Requiem was first recorded in January 1963 with the help of ...