Jan 09 Blog Britten and Bax Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia was mostly written during the composer’s trip home to the UK after visiting the United States. This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. W H Auden was eventually asked and produced the poem in 1940. Britten’s setting was immediately recognised as a […] By Alan Brandt Jan 09 Blog Britten and Bax By Alan Brandt
Jun 04 Blog English Ballet Music for the ballet is our feature on this week’s An English Pastorale with music by Edward Elgar, Arnold Bax and Constant Lambert. Edward Elgar’s The Sanguine Fan was written in 1917 for a performance in support of war charity. The light plot of the ballet was taken from the scenario depicted on a sylvan […] By Alan Brandt Jun 04 Blog English Ballet By Alan Brandt