Subject:

Benjamin Britten

  • Arts

    November 16, 2011

    The Orchestra as Toy Box

    Splashing sounds all around.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2010

    Last Night at Benaroya: Domino Effect

    Compared to Beethoven and his taut, driving musical dramas, Schubert's a more discursive composer, more concerned with lyricism than construction, with rumination than inexorable forward motion ("exquisitely musical thoughtlessness" was George Bernard Shaw's phrase). Yet in a piece like his String Q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Your Weekend Arts Bulletin

    The weather is supposed to be terrible this weekend. Tonight, rather than standing outside in the pouring rain (or snow), our Gavin Borchert recommends you listen to Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream With a dozen or so operas already on his résumé, Benjamin Britten was savvy enough to k ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    The weather is supposed to be terrible this weekend. Tonight, rather than standing outside in the pouring rain (or snow), our Gavin Borchert recommends you listen to Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream With a dozen or so operas already on his résumé, Benjamin Britten was savvy enough to k ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Notable Events

    The weather is supposed to be terrible this weekend. Tonight, rather than standing outside in the pouring rain (or snow), our Gavin Borchert recommends you listen to Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream With a dozen or so operas already on his résumé, Benjamin Britten was savvy enough to k ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2007

    Peter Grimes

    A gripping story of man-vs.-society

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Heard on the Hill...and elsewhere

    A gripping story of man-vs.-society

  • Arts

    October 17, 2007

    Book Review: The Rest Is Noise

    A critical analysis of composition’s past, from Bernstein to Queen.

  • Arts

    January 8, 2003

    The Battle of Britten

    A composer's reputation finally achieves the victory of respect.

  • Arts

    January 17, 2001

    'Billy' in bondage

    Britten's floating opera stays grounded in shallows.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    The Holiday Canon

    Fire away with everything from Charlie Brown to Cole Porter

  • Film

    June 21, 2000

    Beau Travail

    A jealous heart beneath the African sun.

  • Arts

    July 28, 1999

    The halls are alive . . .

    With the sound of chamber music.

  • Music

    December 2, 1998

    Smartsong

    And afternoon full of trills and a couple of spills.

  • Arts

    September 9, 1998

    Fall Arts Preview - Classical Music

    Orchestral

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