Britten 100: Timeline

• Benjamin Britten
  aged 4  
• A young Benjamin Britten
  playing the piano c.1921  
• Benjamin Britten
  reading in the garden  
• Britten's teacher
  Frank Bridge  

• Holiday Diary,
  Op. 5 for piano   Holiday Diary,
  Op. 5 for piano   Hear a live recording of Shura Cherkassky performing Holiday Diary, recorded by Decca in 1973
• Suite, Op. 6 (Nos. 1, 3 and 4)
  for violin and piano   Programme for the première of the Suite for violin and piano  

• Three Divertimenti
  for String Quartet   Three Divertimenti for String Quartet   Hear a live recording of Shura Cherkassky performing Holiday Diary, recorded by Decca in 1973
• Première of the Temporal
  Suite and Two Ballads   Première of the Temporal Suite and Two Ballads   Première of the Temporal Suite and Two Ballads   Hear Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin perform 'Mother Comfort', following 'The Ash Grove'
• Reveille, for
  violin & piano   Reveille, for
  violin & piano  
• Variations on a
  Theme of Frank Bridge   Variations on a
  Theme of Frank Bridge   Hear Northern Sinfonia under Richard Hickox perform Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge   Hear Northern Sinfonia under Richard Hickox perform Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge  
• Britten meets Peter Pears  

• Benjamin Britten in
  the early 1940s  
• Manuscript: Page 1
  of Sonnet XXXII  
• Letter from Benjamin
  Britten to Elizabeth Mayer   Letter from Benjamin Britten to Elizabeth Mayer  
• Seven Sonnets of
  Michelangelo   Seven Sonnets of
  Michelangelo   Watch Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten performing Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo live on Japanese television   Watch Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten performing Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo live on Japanese television   7 Sonnets of Michelangelo Tracks 12-18   Buy CD  
• Letter from Benjamin
  Britten to Peter Pears  
• First Public Performance
  of the Hymn to St Cecilia   First Public Performance
  of the Hymn to St Cecilia  

• String Quartet
  No. 1 in D major   String Quartet
  No. 1 in D major  
• Prelude and Fugue   Prelude and Fugue   Hear the English Chamber Orchestra perform Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29, for 18-part string orchestra
• Les Illuminations   Les Illuminations   Hear Peter Pears perform Les Illuminations live at Het Concertgebouw in 1966
• Prologue from
  the Serenade  
• First performance
  of the Serenade   Hear John Mark Ainsley, Danilo Stagni and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala of Milan perform Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Hear John Mark Ainsley, Danilo Stagni and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala of Milan perform Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Hear John Mark Ainsley, Danilo Stagni and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala of Milan perform Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
• Letter from Benjamin
  Britten to Elizabeth Mayer  
• A Ceremony of Carols   A Ceremony of Carols  

• Letter from Britten
  to Peter Pears  
• Schubert recital   Listen to Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears performing Die schöne Müllerin
• Letter from Britten
  to Elizabeth Mayer   Letter from Britten
  to Elizabeth Mayer   Letter from Britten
  to Elizabeth Mayer  
• Phantasy Quartet   Phantasy Quartet   Listen to Audio
• Concert de
  Musique Française   Concert de
  Musique Française  

• Concert-Introduction
  to Peter Grimes   Concert-Introduction
  to Peter Grimes   Concert-Introduction
  to Peter Grimes   Listen to 'From the Gutter', a quartet from Peter Grimes Watch Peter Pears performing the role of Grimes. Listen to the 'Embroidery Aria', performed by Patricia Racette. Listen to Grimes' aria 'Now the Great Bear', performed by Jon Vickers Listen to the four Sea Interludes, performed by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi.
• Schumann recital   A selection of four
  Schumann Songs   A selection of four
  Schumann Songs   A selection of four
  Schumann Songs  
• String Quartet No. 2  
• 250th Anniversary of
  Purcell's Death   250th anniversary of
  Purcell's death Concert   250th anniversary of
  Purcell's death Concert   Hear the Zorian String Quartet perform Britten's String Quartet No. 2, live at Wigmore Hall   250th anniversary of
  Purcell's death Concert   Listen to Ian Bostridge and Graham Johnson perform the sixth sonnet, 'Since she whom I loved'.
• Concert de Musique
  Française   Concert de Musique
  Française  

• The Holy Sonnets of
  John Donne and
  String Quartet No. 2   The Holy Sonnets of
  John Donne and
  String Quartet No. 2  
• Listen to Audio
• First Aldeburgh Festival  

• Listen to Audio
• Watch Video 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo Tracks 12-18  
• Introduction to The
  Turn of the Screw   Introduction to The Turn of the Screw   Watch Video

• Canticle III: Still
  Falls the Rain   Canticle III: Still
  Falls the Rain   Canticle III: Still
  Falls the Rain  
• Seven Sonnets
  of Michelangelo   Seven Sonnets
  of Michelangelo   Watch Video
• On this
  Island, Op. 11 On this
  Island, Op. 11  
• Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Three Folksongs
  with guitar   Watch Video
• Canticle III: Still
  Falls the Rain   Canticle III: Still
  Falls the Rain  

• Britten and Pears  
• Canticle II &
  Hölderlin Fragmente   Canticle II &
  Hölderlin Fragmente  

• Nocturnal after John
  Dowland, Op. 70   Watch Video
• Sonnet XXXVIII  
• Winter Words &
  Michelangelo Sonnets   Watch Video Watch Video

• Julian Bream 25th
  anniversary concerts   Elegy from
  Serenade, Op. 31  
• Elegy from Serenade  

• Birthday tribute to Her
  Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
  the Queen Mother   Queen Elizabeth 80th
  Birthday Tribute  
• Such the Tenor Man
  Told II: Peter Pears  
• Aldeburgh in London   Aldeburgh in London  
• Première of A Poison Tree   Première of A Poison Tree  

• Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes   Britten Songs: Manuscripts & Programmes  

• In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   In Memoriam manuscripts & Programmes   Second prize winner of the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, Benedict Nelson performs 'Within this frail crucible of light' from Britten's The Rape of Lucretia on the Wigmore Hall stage.  

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