Gamelan
Live from Snape Maltings in Suffolk, Suzy Klein is joined by composer Colin Matthews, Benjamin Britten's assistant, to talk about the influence of gamelan in Britten's music.
Live from Snape Maltings, Suzy Klein is joined by composer Colin Matthews, who helped Britten complete his final opera 'Death in Venice', to talk about the influence of gamelan in Britten's music and the developing artistic relationship with Peter Pears.
Music to include:
Colin McPhee: Balinese Ceremonial Music
PemΓΊngkah (Overture to Shadow-play); Gambangan (Intermezzo)
Colin McPhee and Benjamin Britten (piano)
Britten: Variation VII 'At Night' (The Turn of the Screw)
Peter Pears (Quint)
David Hemmings (Miles)
English Opera Group Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
Britten: Act 2, Scene 2 (excerpt) (The Prince of the Pagodas)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
Britten: Death in Venice (excerpts)
Peter Pears (Gustav von Aschenbach)
Iris Saunders (Strawberry Seller)
English Opera Group Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford (conductor).
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Audio slideshows about different aspects of Benjamin Britten's life.
Broadcast
- Sun 24 Nov 2013 12:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3