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BTC842 MONT JUIC

Suite of Catalan dances for orchestra by Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten, op. 12
Period of composition: 6 Apr - 12 Dec 1937
First performance: 8 Jan 1938 >>
Type of performance: Radio broadcast
Location: BBC National
Performance details:

BBC Orchestra (Section C), Joseph Lewis cond

Genre: Orchestral
Performing forces:

2 fl (II=picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, alto sax (ad lib), ten sax (ad lib), 2 bn (II=dbn) - 4 hn, 2 tpt in B flat, 3 trbn, tuba - timp, 2 perc (block, td, cymb, bd) - harp - str

Duration: 12'
Dedication: 'In memory of Peter Burra'

Peter Burra (1909-1937), friend of Peter Pears and of Britten who died in an aeroplane accident.

Notes

This work, Berkeley's op. 9, was based on Catalan dances heard by Britten and Berkeley in April 1936 when they and Peter Burra were attending the ISCM Festival at Barcelona.

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