Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

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Twenty Century English Songs

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Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Mahler : Symphony n°3 (2nd mvt); Delius : Summer Night on the River; Schubert : 3 Lieder

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Gustav Mahler : Symphony, 2nd movement, Tempo di Minuetto, arr. Britten n°3 in D Minor "What the wild flowers tell me"
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Frederick Delius : Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - n°2 Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water, arr.
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/04 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Das war ich, D 174
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/01/03 - BBC Studios, London, England

Franz Schubert : Die Götter Griechenlands, D 677
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/01/03 - BBC Studios, London, England

Franz Schubert : Der Blinde Knabe, D 833
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/01/03 - BBC Studios, London, England

Sir Peter Pears : The Land of Lost Content

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John Ireland : The Land of Lost Content
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

John Ireland : The Trellis
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : 'Tis but a week
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Goldenhair
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : When you are old
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : So Perverse
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Journey's End
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Opening concert of the Snape Maltings Concert Hall

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Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Fanfare, op. 53
Benjamin Britten (Speaker)
Herald Trumpeters of the Royal Artillery Band, Woolwich conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : The Building of the house, Overture, op. 79
Chorus of East Anglian Choirs / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : God Save the Queen, Orchestral arrangement of the National Anthem by Britten
Chorus of East Anglian Choirs / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Frederick Delius : Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - n°2 Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water, arr.
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gustav Holst : St Paul's suite for Strings, op. 29/2
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Delius : Sea drift; Elgar The Dream of Gerontius; Holst : The Hymn of Jesus

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Frederick Delius : Sea drift
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox
1980/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Edward Elgar : The Dream of Gerontius
Yvonne Minton (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/07/19 to 1971/07/24 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gustav Holst : The Hymn of Jesus, op. 37
BBC Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult
1962/03 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

English Music for Strings

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Henry Purcell : Chacony for Srtings, ed. Britten in G Minor, Z. 730
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Edward Elgar : Introduction and allegro, or String Quartet and String Orchestra, op. 47
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Jose Luis Garcia (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Bernard Richards (Cello)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Simple Symphony for Strings, op. 4
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/05/29 to 1968/05/31 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Frederick Delius : Two aquarelles, orch. Fenby
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/05/31, 1968/12/18 & 1968/12/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franck Bridge : Sir Roger de Coverley for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings, op. 29
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Delius : On hearing the first cuckoo in spring

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Frederick Delius : On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
BBC Northern Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968