This was a virtuosic, witty performance of a mixed programme of works mostly by Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland, who spent the summer of 1939 together in Woodstock ...

Benjamin Britten's early years are often ignored, overshadowed by the spectacular success of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, when he was 31. But now, the diaries the composer kept for a decade from ...

Benjamin Britten was born in Suffolk, England on November 22, 1913. He was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century. He wrote operas, choral music, requiems .. as well as ...

Benjamin Britten moved back to Suffolk and founded the Aldeburgh Festival and helped build the Snape Maltings Concert Hall The birthplace of Benjamin Britten that was his seafront family home for more ...

Benjamin Britten was a child prodigy who went on to compose some of the 20th century’s greatest works. Peter Parker salutes a man whose genius was fuelled by personal passions. Neil Powell (Benjamin ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Britten Inc., a long-established leader in signage, large-format printing, and visual communications, today announced a strategic evolution of its ...

Charles Hazlewood examines Britten's work alongside Bridge's Three Idylls. Duration: 1:03:10 Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Charles Hazlewood looks at Britten's Young Person's Guide to ...

Roy J. Britten, a Caltech biologist who discovered that the mammalian genome includes large quantities of repetitive DNA sequences that do not serve as blueprints for genes, has died. He was 92.