BBC Festival of Britten
I Live from Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
A concert celebrating Britten's deep links with America, especially through composers Bernstein and Copland.
Thomas Allen (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Bernstein Overture: Candide
Copland Simple Gifts; Long Time Ago;
Zion's Walls; At the River; The Boatmen's Dance (Old American Songs)
Britten Matin ées Musicales, Op 24
Copland Four Dance Episodes (Rodeo)
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Encounters with Britten
Humphrey Burton talks to Donald Mitchell , Britten's publisher at Faber Music.
8.45 Britten Paul Bunyan (excerpts)