Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC1166 A BIRTHDAY HANSEL

For high voice and harp, op. 92

Composition date: 21 Mar 1975

First performance: 11 Jan 1976 >>

Type of performance: Concert performance

Location: Schloss Elmau, Upper Bavaria

Performance details:

Peter Pears ten, Osian Ellis harp

Genre: Solo vocal

Text: Robert Burns (1759-1796), in Scottish dialect

Duration: 17'

Dedication: 'These songs were written at the special wish of Her Majesty The Queen for her mother's seventy-fifth birthday, August 4th 1975'

The harp part was edited by Osian Ellis.

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