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Britten 100

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Programmes featuring music and discussion to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten.

Full details of the Britten Centenary Weekend (22-24 Nov), based at Snape Maltings – with live and recorded concerts and operas, discussions, and debates.

Full details of the Britten Centenary Weekend (22-24 Nov), based at Snape Maltings – with live and recorded concerts and operas, discussions, and debates. Browse the photo galleries, listen to Britten's music, and watch videos.

Britten 100: Britten String Quartets

Britten 100: Britten String Quartets: Episode 1: Quartet No 2

Britten String Quartets

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Episode 1: Quartet No 2

Quartet No 2

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Benyounes Quartet in Purcell: Fantasias. Britten: String Quartet No 2; Cello Suite No 2.

Part of a concert given by the Benyounes Quartet at Snape Maltings. Purcell: Fantasias (selection). Britten: String Quartet No 2; Cello Suite No 2 (soloist: Philip Higham).

Andrew McGregor presents the first of three concerts featuring the Britten String Quartets paired with chamber music by composers Britten admired. Recorded earlier today in the Britten Studio in Snape Maltings with the acclaimed Benyounes Quartet, winners of the Sandor Vegh String Quartet Competition in Budapest last year. They perform Britten's second Quartet and Purcell Fantasias, with the second Cello Suite, played by Philip Higham.

Benyounes Quartet
Philip Higham, cello

Purcell: Fantasias (selection)
Britten: Suite No 2 for Cello, Op 80
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op 36.

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Andrew McGregor introduces a concert featuring Britten's three string quartets

Andrew McGregor introduces a concert given at the Britten Studio in Snape Maltings, Suffolk, featuring Britten's three string quartets

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