Category Archives: Film Score

Listening to Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34

Posted on October 18, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Front cover of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, as released on Decca London’s British Collection. Drawn by and (c) Andrew Davidson. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34, also known as Variations and fugue on a theme … Continue reading →

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Working at the Coal Face – Britten on Film and Radio

Posted on October 4, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Night Mail (c) unknown With The Rescue and Britain in Wartime, which received its world premiere on 3 October, Listening to Britten nears the end of his music for film and radio – and of all the different forms of … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – The Way to the Sea

Posted on July 23, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Painting (c) Brian Hogwood The Way to the Sea – Incidental music for commentator, flute, oboe, clarinets, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp and piano (1 – 15 December 1936, Britten aged 23) 1 Allegro: Introduction 2 Andante maestoso: Romans … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Love from a stranger

Posted on July 21, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image from Wikipedia Love from a stranger – Incidental music for orchestra (18 – 26 November 1936, Britten aged 23) 1 Title music 2 Traffic music 3 Brighton 4 Love music 5 Channel Crossing 6 End Titles Director Rowland V. … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Peace of Britain

Posted on July 17, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

John Piper: Nursery Frieze I & II, 1936 (c) The Piper Estate Peace of Britain – Incidental music for flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello and double bass) (17 – 19 March 1936, Britten … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Night Mail (a second listen)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image from the BFI Appraised by Simon Thomas, author of The Theatre of Carlo Goldoni. Simon also writes for whatsonstage.com. He can be found on Twitter by clicking here Night Mail – Incidental music for speaker, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Night Mail

Posted on July 14, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image used with thanks to the British Postal Museum & Archive blog Night Mail – Incidental music for speaker, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, percussion (suspended cymbal, sandpaper, side drum, bass drum and wind machine), harp and string quartet (violin, viola, … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Negroes

Posted on July 13, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image from the BFI Negroes, or music for the film God’s Chillun – Incidental music for commentator, soprano, tenor and bass soloists, tenor and bass chorus, oboe, percussion, harp and piano (2 September – 23 October 1935, Britten aged 21) … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Men Behind The Meters

Posted on July 12, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image from the NGSA Men Behind The Meters – Incidental music for flute, clarinet, percussion and piano (2 – 30 September 1935, Britten aged 21) 1 Title music 2 Andantino: “I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls” 3 Allegro … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Rossini Suite (The Tocher)

Posted on July 9, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Image (c) Royal Mail Film Archive Rossini Suite (The Tocher) – Incidental music for boys’ voices, flute, oboe, two clarinets, two percussion and piano (15 – 18 July 1935, Britten aged 21) 1 Allegro brillante (arrangement of ‘Pas de soldats’, … Continue reading →

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