Les Illuminations (The Illuminations), Op. 18, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1940. It is composed for soprano or tenor soloist...

Benjamin Britten setting texts by Rimbaud Illuminations, a 1950 ballet by Sir Frederick Ashton to Britten's Les Illuminations Illuminations (film), a...

were reprinted in book form in October 1886 by Les publications de La Vogue under the title Les Illuminations proposed by the poet Paul Verlaine, Rimbaud's...

contrast strongly with earlier, lighter-hearted works such as Les Illuminations. Britten recovered his joie de vivre for The Young Person's Guide to the...

"Illumination", by Lindsey Buckingham from his 2011 album Seeds We Sow Les Illuminations (Britten), a song cycle setting poems of Arthur Rimbaud "Illumination"...

timpani. Nocturne was Britten's fourth and final orchestral song cycle, after Our Hunting Fathers (Op. 8, 1936), Les Illuminations (Op. 18, 1939) and Serenade...

compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number. Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Operetta in two acts, 114'. Libretto...

when Wulff was 14 and Britten 21. Five years later in 1939, Britten dedicated the song "Antique" from his song cycle Les Illuminations to Wulff. As a German...

War Requiem, Op. 66, is a choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem...

The Tema "Sacher" is a composition for solo cello by Benjamin Britten. He composed it between December 1975 and January 1976. It resulted from a request...

the Screw is a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on the 1898 novella The Turn of...

Saint Nicolas, Op. 42, is a cantata with music by Benjamin Britten on a text by Eric Crozier, completed in 1948. It covers the legendary life of Saint...

Britten Pears Arts is a large music education organisation based in Suffolk, England. It aims to continue the legacy of composer Benjamin Britten and...

Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta was composed in 1932, at the age of 18, while he was a student at the Royal College of Music. It was first performed in...

Spartan Press in late 2014. Phaedra/Les Illuminations - EMI (1995); conducting Endymion; music of Benjamin Britten. Dumbarton Oaks - EMI (1988); conducting...

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William...

1–6, Op. 18 Berlioz – Tristia Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 Britten – Les Illuminations Chopin – Grande valse brillante in E-flat major Finzi – Let Us...

Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three of...

Phaedra, Op. 93, is a cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Benjamin Britten, written for Janet Baker. Phaedra was the composer's last vocal work, written...

individuals and groups including: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations (1939), a song cycle Regina Hansen Willman: "Apres le Deluge" (1961) Hans Werner Henze: "Being...

The cello suites by Benjamin Britten (Opp. 72, 80, and 87) are a series of three compositions for solo cello, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The...

Carols, Op. 28 is an extended choral composition for Christmas by Benjamin Britten scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. The text, structured...

Britten's Purcell realizations is a common name for compositions for voice and piano by Benjamin Britten which are arrangements of works by Henry Purcell...

Symphony, Op. 68, was written in 1963 by the British composer Benjamin Britten. He dedicated the work to Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the work its...

Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto, Op. 13, is the composer's sole piano concerto. The piece was written in 1938 and then revised in 1945, including the...

music drama by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by William Plomer. Based on the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son, this was Britten's third "parable for church...

Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier, who performed the title role. Ronald Duncan based his English libretto on André Obey's play Le Viol de...

The Cello Sonata, Op. 65, is a work by the English composer Benjamin Britten. It was premiered in July 1961 at the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk. The...

Prokofiev) (1948) Le Rêve de Léonor (music by Benjamin Britten, orchestrated by Arthur Oldham) (1949) Illuminations (music by Benjamin Britten) (1950) Daphnis...

Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears were living in the US. Britten's compositions from his years there include the song cycle Les Illuminations (1940)...