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Donald Macleod explores the musical life of Benjamin Britten

Music Featured:

Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Nos 7 & 8)
Phantasy Quartet
Nocturne (On This Island)
Ballad of Heroes (2nd mvt)
Suite for Violin and Piano (Lullaby; Waltz)
Hymn to St Cecilia
Calypso
Young Apollo for Piano and Strings
Violin Concerto in D minor (1st & 2nd mvt)
An American Overture
Ceremony of Carols (Nos 7 & 8)
Peter Grimes, Prologue
Peter Grimes, 鈥淥ld Joe has gone fishing鈥�
Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a
Dark Tower (extract)
Oliver Cromwell (Folk Song Arrangements)
The Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra
Peter Grimes, 鈥淓mbroidery in Childhood鈥�
Albert Herring, 鈥淎lbert the Good鈥�
Saint Nicolas (excerpt)
Noye鈥檚 Fludde, 鈥淚t is good for to be still鈥�
Lachrymae (reflections on a song by John Dowland)
Canticle ii: Abraham and Isaac
Nocturnal after John Dowland (Passacaglia)
War Requiem, Requiem aeternam
War Requiem, Sanctus
Symphony for cello and orchestra (2nd mvt)
Third Suite for Cello(Passacaglia)
Death in Venice (excerpt)
String Quartet No 3, Op 94 (3rd & 4th mvts)

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Martin Williams

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) /programmes/m000xd01

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z