Benjamin Britten News

Two of the city's leading performance organizations for young artists - the Tulsa Youth Opera and the Tulsa Youth Symphony - join forces for a special performance of Benjamin Britten's one-act about the biblical story of Noah and the ark.

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The Kansas City Symphony of the Michael Stern era made its recording debut in 2008 with an inventive pairing of two works inspired by Shakespeares Tempest.

Benjamin Britten's early years are often ignored, overshadowed by the spectacular success of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, when he was 31.

The Rape of Lucretia is not just about rape; a more profound meaning lies under the challenging music and minimalist set of this upcoming NAU opera.

"Much good has been shown me and much evil, and the good has never been perfect.

Frank Bridge's music was out of fashion even before his death in 1941, and took time to be rediscovered, despite the support of pupils such as Benjamin Britten.

Peter Grimes. Opera Australia. Director: Neil Armfield. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

If you're an adult and a music lover, chances are you learned something about orchestral music as a kid from two music-appreciation works that are still widely performed.

Invites enthusiastic, dedicated singers, who can follow music from a score, to join; no audition required.

The Mid-Columbia Mastersingers open the 2009-10 season Oct. 16 with a concert that will offer audiences a little bit of heaven on Earth.

Montgomery Symphony Orchestra jumps right into its 2009-2010 season Monday with something a bit unusual, something emotional and something dramatic.

Newly released Telarc/Jarvi recording also features Benjamin Britten's The Young People's Guide to the Orchestra By Sean Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka Telarc has just released their sixteenth collaboration with Music Director Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - " Gustav Holst's The Planets and ...

Before Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh Festival gets underway again, Jessica Duchen takes a trip to the Suffolk coast to work out what so inspired the composer Listening to the music of Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh is a little like listening to Mozart in Salzburg.

Snape Concert Hall, set in beautiful Suffolk countryside, was built as a barley malting hall in the 1840s.

Auditions "Charlotte's Web" - Looking for 7 men/boys and 9 women/girls , Saturday, Sept.

BELFAST : "Requiem," an artist book by Belfast artist Jan Owen, will be on display during the month of September at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High St.

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus will hold open auditions for its chorus on Sept. 12 and 20 for experienced singers of all voice types.

THE GRANDSON of a Jew who escaped Nazi persecution will be among a group of Oxford choristers who will sing in front of world leaders at a concert in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.

The Voxare Quartet is joined by P.J. Cinque on double bass, Mark Peskanov on violin and Steven Beck on piano for works from Bach and Vivaldi tonight and tomorrow at 8 and Sunday at 3 p.m. Brooklyn's Fulton Ferry Landing, near the Brooklyn Bridge; 718-624-2083. CHRIST AND ST.