Britten's confirmed pacifism resulting in various works including this setting for mixed choir of text by Randall Swingler.
Chorpartitur - Knabenchor (SSA) und Orgel - lateinisch
As young as he was, aged only 16, Britten produced in this carol a tiny masterpiece. This is one of the most well-known and best-loved of his choral pieces. Understandably so, too. It has all the ingr...
Text from Psalm 70 (Psalm 69 in the Vulgate).
A dramatic work of considerable substance, from which individual movements may be performed separately as anthems or concert works. The work sets a variety of texts from authors as varied as John Rusk...
Cinq chants floraux de Benjamin Britten, op. 47 pour chœur mixte avec accompagnement au piano pour répétition uniquement. Texte de Robert Herrick.
This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. Auden was eventually asked and produced the poem in 1940. Britten's setting was immediately recognised as a major additi...
Dieser Meilenstein der Notenausgaben beinhaltet alle 61 Volksliedbearbeitungen von Benjamin Britten (jeweils in einer Ausgabe für hohe und mittlere/tiefe Stimme) und vereint damit die Inhalte aus sieb...