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Martin Lovett, Cellist (1927-2020)

Cellist and last surviving member of the legendry Amadeus String Quartet Martin Lovett has passed away, and Britten Pears Arts joins with many from around the world in paying tribute...

Collections, Learning & Education Review January-June 2019

...music for the patients. Family Activities – Easter/Half Term So far over 2019 we have enjoyed two sets of family activities over Easter and May Half term. Easter saw our...

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Archive Treasures: Browsing the Bookshelves – Reading Britten and Pears

...of ‘gay literature,’ though they were part of The Red House library well before that term gained common usage. What is interesting is that, whether fiction or fact, some of...

Box of Delights: September 2019

...term, 1918.’ Pears received further similar book prizes the following years from 1920-1922, for Classics, French and Maths. Pears remembered his school days fondly, and as a young man, he...

Archive Treasures: Britten and Bennett

...opened a letter Britten received in the autumn of 1953. It was from a composition student who was embarking on his first term at the Royal Academy of Music. ‘I...

Conserving ‘Birds amongst foliage’

...connected by music too; her husband was a cellist from the Allegri String Quartet. Bruno writing to Britten following the Allegri’s performance of String Quartet No.1 at Snape Maltings concert...

Archive Treasures: East meets West in the Archive

...broke a string on his sitar recording ‘Norwegian Wood’ it was the Angadis who could secure a replacement string in London, Harrison becoming after this a regular visitor to their...

Archive Treasures: ‘the loveliest present that has ever happened’ – the gift of a concert to Imogen Holst

...summer 1942 m ust have helped her on the road to recovery , as by Spring 1943 she was working on two larger works for string or chestra no doubt...

Britten String Quartets

20-21 October 2018, during Snape Maltings' Britten Weekend.