Britten's confirmed pacifism resulting in various works including this setting for mixed choir of text by Randall Swingler.
The words of the Cantata Rejoice in the Lamb are taken from a long poem of the same name. The writer was Christopher Smart, an eighteenth century poet, deeply religious, but of a strange and unbalance...
Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' is one of the most popular choral pieces for Christmas time. This collection of 13 Christmas Carols was originally composed for treble voices in three parts. Arranged...
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).
Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs, op. 47 for mixed choir with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only. Text by Robert Herrick.
This Little Babe, from A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28, for children's choir or female choir in three parts and harp or piano. Text by Robert Southwell, with Welsh translation by Elizabeth and Gerallt Jo...
The Ceremony of Carols is one of Britten's best-known and most-performed works. It is a brilliantly conceived and dramatic concert work which sees the voices process to their places singing unaccompan...
The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grades 7 & 8). The edition is part of the ABRSM Summer syllabus 2006 (grade 8).
