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Britten : Friday afternoons - Selections

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Benjamin Britten : The Birds
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : A Boy was Born - Corpus christi carol
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" - There was a monkey
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" - Fishing song
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" - Cuckoo!
John Hahessy (Alto); Michael Berkeley (Treble)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" - I mun be married on Sunday
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" - A New Year carol
John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1962/02/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, When night her purple veil had softly spread

CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8003-2


Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Claire Watson (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano); Jean Allister (Alto); Patricia Clark (Soprano); John Hahessy (Alto); Rosemary Philips (Voice); Michael Ronayne (Treble)
George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Purcell Singers / English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1959/09/29 & 1959/09/30 - BBC Studios, London, England

Henry Purcell : When night her purple veil, Cantata for Baritone, real. Britten
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Members of the Alberni String Quartet
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Canticles

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 716-2


Benjamin Britten : Canticle I - "My beloved is mine and I am his" for Soprano/Tenor and Piano, op. 40
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle III - "Still Falls the Rain" for Tenor, Horn and Piano, op. 55
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle IV - "The Journey of the Magi" for Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Piano, op. 86
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/21 & 1972/11/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle V - "The Death of Narcissus" for Tenor and Harp, op. 89
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/06/17 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : A Birthday Hansel for High Voice and Harp, op. 92
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/18 & 1976/02/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/28 & 1972/11/29 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England