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Britten 100

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Music: Classical

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: Saint Nicolas

Sean Rafferty presenter

23/11/2013

Saint Nicolas

BBC Radio 3 - Britten 100, Saint Nicolas

Live from Aldeburgh Parish Church, Ben Parry conducts Britten's cantata Saint Nicolas.

Britten's cantata involving amateurs professionals and audience, live from the venue of its premiere, Aldeburgh Parish Church, conducted by Ben Parry with tenor Alan Oke.

Britten's cantata Saint Nicolas, at once theatrical and solemn, humorous and quirky, was premiered in the opening concert of the first Aldeburgh Festival in 1948. As on that occasion, this live performance comes from Aldeburgh Parish Church. With its mainly amateur forces, including the community itself in the shape of the audience, it set a pattern that established the values at the heart of Britten's artistic credo: 'I want my music to be of use to people, to please them, to enhance their lives.' Introduced by Sean Rafferty in conversation with Ben Parry.

Britten: Saint Nicolas
Alan Oke (tenor)
Jubilee Opera Chorus
Aldeburgh Voices
The Suffolk Ensemble
Ben Parry (conductor)
David Briggs (Children's Chorus conductor).

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