In the first of two programmes in the Britten centenary year, Catherine Bott looks at the musical relationship between Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Paul ...

Even Powell, setting out what he calls the “assumptions” on which he bases his book, begins: “The first is that Benjamin Britten was the greatest of English composers — rivaled only by Henry Purcell ...

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 ...

Simon Rattle leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the last two movements of Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." Britten creates variations on a theme by legendary ...

Earlier this autumn, the Metropolitan Opera honored the centennial anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth on November 22 by re-staging its 1996 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some ...

While clicking through Britten 100, the website dedicated to the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten, you might begin to suspect that the composer is not exactly in danger of being ...

Catherine Bott continues her comparison of two of the greatest setters of the English language, Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Presenter/ Catherine Bott, Producer/ Paul Frankl for the BBC ...