Britten Thematic Catalogue

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For tenor voice, seven obligato instruments and string orchestra, op. 60
Period of composition: Aug - Sep 1958
First performance: 16 Oct 1958 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Centenary Festival
Performance details:

Peter Pears ten, BBC SO, Rudolf Schwarz cond

Genre: Solo vocal
Text: See individual movements
Performing forces:

Orchestra: fl, ca, cl in B flat, bn, hn, harp, timp - str

See individual movements for details.

Duration: 25'
Dedication: '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.

Notes

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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