1. Moderato con moto
2. Vivace
3. Passacaglia Andante lento un poco meno mosso
2000, London.
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Opera in two acts op. 88
Text Myfanwy Piper 1911-1997 after the novella by Thomas Mann 1875-1955 Period of composition Dec 1971 - Mar 1973 Revised Jun 1973-Oct 1974 First performance 16 Jun 1973 Snape Maltings Concert Hall Aldeburgh Festival ECO conductor Steuart Bedford choreography Sir Frederick Ashton; soloists Peter Pears John Shirley-Quirk James Bowman Deanne Bergsma Robert Huguenin etc. Duration 145.0` Dedication `To Peter` Movements Act I Scene 1 Munich Scene 2 on the boat to Venice Overture Venice Scene 3 the journey to the Lido Scene 4 the first evening at the hotel Scene 5 on the beach Scene 6 the foiled departure Scene 7 the games of Apollo Act II Scene 8 the hotel barber`s shop i Scene 9 the pursuit Scene 10 the strolling players Scene 11 the travel bureau Scene 12 the lady of the pearls Scene 13 the dream Scene 14 the empty beach Scene 15 the hotel barber`s shop ii Scene 16 the last visit to Venice Scene 17 the departure
Richard Hickox
(conductor),
Philip Langridge
(tenor),
Michael Chance
(ñountertenor),
Alan Opie
(baritone),
City of London Sinfonia
BBC Singers. 2004 ã.
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Catherine Pierard, Patricia Rozario, Ameral Gunson, Nigel Robson, Alastair Miles
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Opera in a prologue and two acts op. 54
Libretto Myfanwy Piper 1911-1997 after the story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 1843-1916 First performance 14 Sep 1954 Teatro La Fenice Venice EOG Orchestra conductor Benjamin Britten; soloists Peter Pears Jennifer Vyvyan David Hemmings Olive Dyer Joan Cross Arda Mandikian Duration 101.0` Dedication `This opera was written for and is affectionately dedicated to those members of the English Opera Group who took part in the first performance` Movements Act I Prologue Theme Scene 1 the journey the governess Variation I Scene 2 the welcome the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Variation II Scene 3 the letter the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Variation III Scene 4 the tower the governess Quint Variation IV Scene 5 the window the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Quint Variation V Scene 6 the lesson the governess Miles Flora Variation VI Scene 7 the lake the governess Miles Flora Miss Jessel Variation VII Scene 8 at night all Act II Variation VIII Scene 1 colloquy and soliloguy Quint Miss Jessel the governess Variation IX Scene 2 the bells the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Variation X Scene 3 Miss Jessel the governess Miss Jessel Variation XI Scene 4 the bedroom the governess Miles Quint Variation XII Scene 5 Quint Miles Quint Variation XIII Scene 6 the piano the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Variation XIV Scene 7 Flora the governess Mrs Grose Flora Miss Jessel Variation XV Scene 8 Miles the governess Mrs Grose Miles Flora Quint 
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Song Cycle `Les Illuminations` for high voice and string orchestra (1939), op. 18
Text Arthur Rimbaud 18541891
Dedication `For Sophie Wyss` Numbers 1 Fanfare 2 Villes 3a Phrase 3b Antique `To K.H.W.S.` /The dedicatee is Wulff Scherchen/ 4 Royauté 5 Marine 6 Interlude `To E.M.` /The dedicatee is Elizabeth Mayer/ 7 Being beauteous `To P.N.L.P.` /The dedicatee is Peter Neville Luard Pears./ 8 Parade 9 Départ
No. 3a Phrase 1996
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Released on: 1990-10-01
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Part I
1. Introduction Shine Out Anonymus 2. The Merry Cuckoo Edmund Spenser 3. Spring the Sweet Spring Thomas Nashe 4. The Driving Boy George Peele John Clare 5. The Morning Star John Milton Part II 6. Welcome Maids of Honour Robert Herrick 7. Waters Above! Henry Vaughan 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed W. H. Auden Part III 9. When will my May Come? Richard Barnfield 10. Fair and Fair George Peele 11. Sound the Flute! William Blake Part IV 12. Finale London to Thee I do Present Anon closing words from `The Knight of the Burning Pestle` by Francis Beaumont
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