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This Week's Composer Britten

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Canticles and Chamber Music
Britten's five canticles span the length of his post-war activity, andformmusicalsignposts to his current preoccupations. Each programme begins with a canticle, and the week also includes three of his quartets, and several of his works for solo instrument.
Canticle 1. Op 40: My beloved is mine: ROBERT TEAR (tenor) PHILIP LEDGER < piano)
String Quartet in D (1931) GABRIELI STRING QUARTET Sinfonietta, Op 1
MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA OCTET Phantasy Quartet, Op 2 JANET CRAXTON (oboe)
MEMBERS OF THE GABRIELI STRING quartet: records

Source: Radio Times

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