britten young person guide to the orchestra score pdf download

The scoring of this masterpiece is lean and spare, but devastating in effect. The Suite on English Folk Tunes, the composer’s last orchestral work, was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1975 just eighteen months before Britten died. After dismantling the orchestra and demonstrating individual aspects of each instrument Britten puts it back together in the dazzling fugue that ends the work. The work passes a theme by Henry Purcell through the instrumental sections in thirteen different variations. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was originally written for the educational documentary film Instruments of the Orchestra. The disc is also a part of The Richard Hickox Legacy, paying tribute to the conductor and leading advocate of twentieth-century British music.

This newly remastered recording presents a varied selection of orchestral works by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Richard Hickox, to mark the great composer’s centenary year.

Britten young person guide to the orchestra score pdf download