Friday March 29 2019
Visitors to The Red House and its associated public areas may have spotted, in corners or inside display cases, small white objects with display screens and aerials, looking like old-fashioned mobile phones. You may never have noticed them: they’re not meant to be obtrusive. But these little devices are a key element in how we […]
Thursday March 28 2019
During the open season at The Red House the Britten-Pears Foundation’s Archive is open to the public. Once a month we select a box of interesting items from our collection to show to visitors, known as the ‘Box of Delights’. Anyone is welcome to see this box in the Archive, Tuesday to Friday at 2.30pm, […]
Friday March 22 2019
The Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings are delighted to announce their intention to merge to create one organisation, the Benjamin Britten Foundation. The visions of these two charitable, sister organisations stem from the same founders – Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears – and bringing them together as one will significantly enhance their impact, reach, influence […]
Monday March 18 2019
God Appears & God is Light To those poor Souls who dwell in Night; But does a Human Form Display To those who Dwell in Realms of day. – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence Britten and Pears maintained a lifelong interest in the work of the poet, artist, printer, pamphleteer and prophet William Blake (1757-1827). […]
Tuesday March 5 2019
Composer, conductor, pianist and communicator André Previn has a close connection with British music, one that was cemented through his lengthy tenure as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra throughout the 1970s. We’re pleased to mention that during that time that he also established a connection with Benjamin Britten, with the Aldeburgh Festival and […]
Monday February 4 2019
The Britten-Pears Foundation recently took an exciting step forwards in sharing our collections, joining forces with MINIM, a national database describing historic musical instruments. MINIM is co-ordinated by the Royal College of Music, the Horniman Museum, The Royal Academy of Music and the University of Edinburgh, and brings together information about over two hundred collections […]
Friday February 1 2019
As the graduate trainee for the Britten-Pears Foundation, I have been taking part in cataloguing more of the collection in the archive. This includes cataloguing huge amounts of correspondence alongside our volunteers; and we now have over 10,000 entries relating to Britten’s correspondence! Volunteers often discover programmes, press cuttings and other material amongst the letters […]
Monday January 28 2019
In 2018 we saw over 1,000 under 5’s and their adults visit The Red House to participate in Mini Music Makers, new sessions for under 5s. The success and local need for these sessions has helped us forge stronger relationships with local families. Therefore we are delighted that our recent application to the Tesco Bags […]
Friday January 11 2019
Britten sponsored many musical groups, theatres, choirs and orchestras however his interests did not stop with music. The breadth of Britten’s interests spans from civil rights and freedoms, and campaigning against nuclear warfare, as well as the noise abatement of ice cream vans in Aldeburgh which disturbed his work. Britten’s sponsorships can give an insight […]
Monday January 7 2019
A stimulating and rewarding position is available in the beautiful heritage setting of the Red House in Aldeburgh, the house where the composer Benjamin Britten worked and lived with his partner Peter Pears. This role will include a range of practical horticultural tasks to develop, enhance and conserve the garden and contribute to the delivery […]
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29 June 2021