Tag Archives: John Keats

Listening to Britten – Nocturne, Op.60

Posted on December 4, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Moonrise on the Yare (?) by John Crome. Photo (c) Tate Nocturne for tenor, seven obligato instruments and string orchestra, Op.60 (August – September 1958, Britten aged 44) 1 Promethus unbound (excerpt) (Percy Bysshe Shelley) (strings) 2 The kraken (Alfred, … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op.31

Posted on September 23, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

(c)Brian Hogwood Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op.31 (March – April 1943, Britten aged 29) Prologue 1 Pastoral (Charles Cotton) 2 Nocturne (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) 3 Elegy (William Blake) 4 Dirge (Anon, 15th century) 5 Hymn (Ben Jonson) 6 … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Young Apollo, Op.16

Posted on August 14, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

The Chariot of Apollo by Odilon Redon. Image taken from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Young Apollo, Op.16 (23 July – 2 August 1939, Britten aged 25) Dedication Alexander Chuhaldin Duration 7’30” Audio clip – using the recent recording made … Continue reading →

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