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BTC1028 A WEDDING ANTHEM (AMO ERGO SUM)

For soprano and tenor solos, choir (SATB) and organ, op. 46
Composition date: Sep 1949
First performance: 29 Sep 1949 >>
Type of performance: Church performance
Location: St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London
Performance details:

Joan Cross sop, Peter Pears ten, [Choir of St Mark's Church, North Audley Street], Benjamin Britten cond

Genre: Choral
Text: By Ronald Duncan (1914-1982) (in English and Latin)
Duration: 9'
Dedication: 'For Marion and George, 29 September 1949'

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (b. 1923), English operatic administrator and writer, and Marion (Harewood) Thorpe, née Stein (b. 1926), originally a concert pianist and daughter of Erwin Stein. Married Lord Harewood in 1949 (marriage dissolved 1967).

Notes

Written for the wedding of the Earl of Harewood and Miss Marion Stein. A copy of the score was one of the objects placed in a time-capsule laid beneath the foundation stone of the Royal Festival Hall on 13 October 1949.

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