Benjamin Britten

Vocal score to Benjamin Britten's The Golden Vanity for accompanied boy's voices.Instrumentation: 3 treble, 2 alto soloists, treble/alto chorus - pno - drum

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...

Based on Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream,Op. 64, this 15-minute choral suite was arranged and adapted by Lee Kesselman, and he has remained true to Britten's original score, with so...

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this set...

These early songs were writt en during the composer's schooldays, whilst he was studying with Frank Bridge . But even at this tender age, Britten already had such accomplished works as Quatre Chansons...

This arrangement of a song from Britten's 1953 opera 'Gloriana' dates from 1957. It was recorded by Peter Pears and Julian Bream and often included in their recital programmes. This exquisite arrangem...

'A Charm of Lullabies' was written in December 1947 for the mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans. Keen to provide her with a work for her recital programmes, Britten was helped in the choice of texts for 'A Char...

English translation by Elizabeth Mayer and Peter Pears

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8).