These settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins the Jesuit poet were written while Benjamin Britten was resident in America.The title is a shorthand form of a pious inscription Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam often placed at the head of a piece of work.Benjamin Britten was a central figure of 20th century British classical music with a range of works including opera other vocal music orchestral and chamber pieces.

A Hymn To The Virginfor unaccompanied chorus is one of Benjamin Britten's earliest works. It is in fact one of the earliest surviving pieces of church music written by the composer. The piece was first performed at a concert given by the Lowestoft Musical Society in St. John's Church on January 5 1931. The anonymous text was taken out of the Oxford Book of English Verse. This piece is written for unaccompanied SATB.

Benjamin Britten's Sacred and Profane consists of eight settings for unaccompanied mixed voices of lyrics from RT Davis’ collection of Medieval English lyrics composed early in 1975 for Peter Pears and the Wilbye Consort of Voices.

The poem I Sing Of A Maiden is one of the best known of the anonymous medieval hymns deceptive in its simplicity and full of grace and faith. The setting by Lennox Berkeley also has a deceptivesimplicity but reveals on repeated listenings or performances a harmonic integrity and subtlely that has made it a work that will continue to be performed and enjoyed for a long time to come. Lennox Berkeley wascomposing and having his works performed before he finished school then upon meeting Ravel was introduced to legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris with whom he studied. He mixed with the great artistic and musicalnames of prewar Paris before returning to Britain where he later met and lived with Benjamin Britten before the arrival of Peter Pears in Britten’s life. Berkeley was professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Musicand himself composed more than two hundred works of music many of them of enduring value.

'A Charm of Lullabies' a été écrit en Décembre 1947 pour la mezzo-soprano Evans Nancy. Soucieux de lui fournir un travail pour ses programmes de récital, Britten a été aidé dans le choix des textes pour 'A Charm of Lullabies 'par Crozier Evans mari Eric, qui avait récemment écrit le livret de Albert Herring. L'ouvrage rassemble une anthologie de textes divers unifiés par les thèmes de la nuit et du sommeil et est l'un des plus géniale et simple de Britten cycles de mélodies.Arrangement Colin Matthews diffère à plusieurs égards de la version originale pour piano, notamment en l'étendant à lui donner la dimension nécessaire pour un cycle de mélodies orchestrales, et en joignant les trois premières chansons, et le quatrième et le cinquième, en effet présenter l'le cycle en deux parties. / Mezzo-Soprano Et Orchestre

Great Band Transcriptions QMB 566-Gloriana Britten's sixth opera was commissioned by Covent Garden to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. The libretto was by William Plomer.The Courtly Dances appear in the third scene of Act II.From the Opera's music Britten subsequently compiled a Symphonic Suite Op.53A published by Boosey & Hawkes the full score and set of parts are available now.

Britten's Nocturne Op.60 for Tenor solo and seven obligato instruments with String Orchestra here arranged as a Piano reduction by Imogen Holst.

from Act 2 of the opera Gloriana op. 53-Gloriana Britten's sixth opera was commissioned by Covent Garden to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. The libretto was by William Plomer.The Courtly Dances appear in the third scene of Act II.From the Opera's music Britten subsequently compiled a Symphonic Suite Op.53A published by Boosey & Hawkes the full score and set of parts are available now.

Cet opéra est appelé la section finale des spectacles pour les jeunes Let's Make un opéra. La première section de cette est sous la forme d'une pièce de théâtre et illustre la préparation et la répétition d'un opéra.Professionnels ou amateurs très doués sont nécessaires pour jouer les parties adultes et aussi la partie de Juliette (à condition, bien entendu, qu'elle peut regarder avec conviction juvénile). Il est essentiel que les enfants réels devraient jouer les enfants and rsquo pièces -s. L'accompagnement est pour quatuor à cordes solo, piano-duo (quatre mains sur un piano) et percussions (un joueur peut gérer). Les parties de la chaîne ne sont pas très faciles. Les chansons de nos I, IX, XIV et XVII doivent être chantée par l'auditoire ensemble sous la direction d'orchestre. Ils ont répété doivent, bien entendu, être au préalable. Allocation est faite pour ces répétitions dans la partie i de Let's Make un opéra. / Solistes, Choeur, Quatuor A Cordes, Piano 4 Mains Et Percussions