1008BTC10881088BBM/BTCnocturneNocturneFor tenor voice, seven obligato instruments and string orchestraop. 60601Solo vocalAug 19581233Sep 19581234Orchestra: fl, ca, cl in B flat, bn, hn, harp, timp - str

See individual movements for details.

See individual movements25.0'To Alma Mahler'

Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel (née Schindler) (1879-1964), Viennese-born socialite and composer, and wife, successively, of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel.

The separate sections of this work have been listed as movements for ease of reference. The work is, however, through-composed without any gaps.

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Promethus unbound (excerpt) (Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822)

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The kraken (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892)

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Bassoon obligato.

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The wanderings of Cain (excerpt) (Samuel Coleridge, 1772-1834)

30

Harp obligato.

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Blurt, Master Constable (Thomas Middleton, 1580-1627)

40

Horn obligato

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The Prelude (1805; excerpt) (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850)

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Timp obligato.

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The kind ghosts (Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918 )

60

Cor anglais obligato.

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Sleep and poetry (John Keats, 1795-1821)

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Flute, clarinet duet

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Sonnet 43 (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616)

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1233195019588000000071491012341950195890000000714940165100801001Concert performance16 Oct 19581620Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Centenary Festival

Peter Pears ten, BBC SO, Rudolf Schwarz cond

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See dedication note.

From ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn''Written for Martin Hürlimann's 60th birthday.001958ca. Autumn 19581009BTC10891089BBM/BTCbonnyatmornFSA: Bonny at morn [6/5 England]For high voice and guitar1Folk songca. Oct 19581235Traditional (Northumberland)2.0

Britten made another arrangement of this song in Apr-Jun 1976: see FSA: Bonny at morn (Apr-Jun 1976). Although different, the two accompaniments share one or two brief melodic patterns.

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