Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Edward Benjamin Britten

English composer, pianist and conductor

Nationality:
British, English

Works

"Les Illuminations", for soprano and string orchestra, op. 18
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Alla Marcia for string quartet
Cabaret Songs (1937) - excerpt(s) from
Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac', op. 51
Choral dances from Gloriana
Elegy: The Queen's Epicedium: 'Incassum, Lesbia', (realised by Benjamin Britten)
Festival Te Deum in E major
Gemini Variations, op. 73 (1964)
Hymn to St Cecilia, op. 27
Hymn to the Virgin
Interlude from A Ceremony of Carols (solo harp)
Introduction and Rondo all Burlesca, op. 23, no. 1
Jubilate in C
Lachrymae: reflections on a song of Dowland, for viola and piano
Les Soirées Musicales, op. 9 (arr. Britten)
Mazurka Elegiaca, op. 23, no. 2
Night Piece (Notturno) for piano (1963)
Nocturnal, op. 70 for solo guitar
Opera: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - excerpt(s) from
Part-songs: Five Flower Songs, op. 47 (1950)
Prelude & Fugue on a theme of Victoria
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30 (1943)
Russian Funeral (for brass ensemble)
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31
Sinfonia da Requiem
Sinfonietta, op. 1
Six Folksong Arrangements
Six Metamorphosis after Ovid, op. 49
Sonata in C major for cello, op. 65
Song cycle: "A charm of lullabies', op. 41 (1948) - excerpt(s) from
Song cycle: "On this Island", op. 11 - excerpt(s) from
Song cycle: "Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente', op. 61
Song cycle: "Songs and proverbs of William Blake", op. 74
Song cycle: "Winter words", op. 52 (1953)
Song: "Calypso" from 'Cabaret Songs'
Song: "Dawtie's Devotion"
Song: "Fish in the unruffled lakes"
Song: "I'll sail upon the dog star" (arr. Britten)
Song: "If it's ever Spring again"
Song: "If music be the food of love", (Z. 379c, arr. Britten)
Song: "If thou will't ease thine heart (Dirge for Wolfram)'"
Song: "Man is for the woman made" (arr. Britten)
Song: "Night covers up the rigid land"
Song: "Oliver Cromwell" (arr. Britten)
Song: "The Ashgrove" (arr. Britten)
Song: "The Children and Sir Nameless"
Song: "The foggy foggy dew" (arr. Britten)
Song: "The Gully"
Song: "The Last Rose of Summer"
Song: "The Salley Gardens" (arr. Britten)
Song: "To lie flat on the back"
Song: "Tradition"
Song: "Um Mitternacht"
Song: "Wild with passion" (Song on the water)
String quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 25 (1941)
String quartet no. 2 in C major, op. 36
String quartet no. 3, op. 94 (1975)
Suite for solo cello, no. 3, op. 87 (1971)
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
The World of the Spirit for chorus and full orchestra
Three Divertimenti (1933, (rev. 1936)
Three Somerset Songs
Two Lullabies (for two pianos) (1936)
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10
War Requiem, op. 66
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945)

Concerts

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