Even Powell, setting out what he calls the “assumptions” on which he bases his book, begins: “The first is that Benjamin Britten was the greatest of English composers — rivaled only by Henry Purcell ...

Da Camera of Houston presents the internationally acclaimed Elias String Quartet in a two-night program that traces the history of British music. On March 18, the performance will include Fantasias by ...

In the first of two programmes in the Britten centenary year, Catherine Bott looks at the musical relationship between Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Paul ...

TENET, one of New York's preeminent vocal ensembles combines forces with the highly acclaimed chamber ensembleThe Sebastians in a performance of ODES: A Celebration of St. Cecilia. Works to be ...

Twentieth-century British composer Benjamin Britten is likely the greatest since Henry Purcell and his Serenade, Op. 31 for tenor, (French) horn and strings, is one of the masterpieces of the 20th ...

If you're a composer, there are a couple of good ways to ensure that your work will continue to be played, discussed and thought about after you're gone. One, of course, is to write music of ...

Henry Purcell's music has its whimsical moments, but none occur in the two blockbuster pieces, the "Funeral Music for Queen Mary" and "My Heart Is Inditing," that the Cantate Chamber Singers paired ...

There are certain composers — Berlioz, Liszt and Bruckner among them — who will never be to everybody's taste yet whose music will always inspire impassioned devotion. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) is ...

Earlier this autumn, the Metropolitan Opera honored the centennial anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth on November 22 by re-staging its 1996 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some ...

Catherine Bott continues her comparison of two of the greatest setters of the English language, Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Presenter/ Catherine Bott, Producer/ Paul Frankl for the BBC ...