Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC1053 ALPINE SUITE

For recorder trio
Composition date: Feb 1955
Genre: Chamber
Performing forces:

2 desc recs, 1 trbl rec

Duration: 8'
Dedication: 'For Mary Potter'

Mary Potter (1900-1981), artist who lived at the Red House in Aldeburgh before Britten's and Pears's occupancy.

Notes

The work was composed during a skiing holiday at Zermatt, during the second half of February 1955.

Movements

  • 1 Arrival at Zermatt
  • 2 Swiss clock (romance)
  • 3 Nursery slopes
  • 4 Alpine scene
  • 5 Moto perpetuo: down the piste
  • 6 Farewell to Zermatt

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