Work of the Week - Britten-Pears Foundation

In 2018 we launched a series of short films offering insights into a range of Britten’s compositions. Click the links below to find out more.

1. Canticle IV

3 January 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

2. Simple Symphony

10 January 2018, featuring Christopher Hilton.

3. Coal Face

17 January 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

4. The Poet’s Echo

24 January 2018, featuring singer and scholar Ziazan.

5. Billy Budd

31 January 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

6. The Salley Gardens

7 February 2018, featuring Nicholas Clark.

7. Canticle I ‘My Beloved is Mine’

14 February 2018, featuring Lucy Walker and Matthew Sandy

8. Cabaret Songs

21 February 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

9. Paul Bunyan

6 March 2018, featuring Vicki P Stroeher.

10. Sinfonia da Requiem

9 March 2018, featuring conductor Rumon Gamba.

11. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne

14 March 2018, featuring Nicholas Clark.

12. Spring Symphony

20 March 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

13. Sweeter than roses

28 March 2018, featuring Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Lana Bode.

14. Where do we go from here?

4 April 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

15. Phaedra

11 April 2018, featuring Sarah Connolly.

16. Suite on English Folk Tunes: ‘A time there was…’

18 April 2018. Presented by conductor Rumon Gamba.

17. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

25 April 2018, featuring Christopher Hilton

18. Albert Herring

2 May 2018, featuring Christopher Hilton.

19. Lachrymae

9 May 2018, featuring violist Josh Hayward.

20. Owen Wingrave

16 May 2018, featuring Nicholas Clark.

21. Diversions

23 May 2018, featuring pianist Clare Hammond.

22. String Quartet No.1

30 May 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

23. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo

6 June 2018, featuring composer Colin Matthews.

24. Violin Concerto

13 June 2018, featuring Roger Wright.

25. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

20 June 2018, featuring Matthew Rose.

26. Serenade

27 June 2018, featuring Ian Bostridge.

27. Ascent of F6

4 July 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

28. A Hymn to the Virgin

11 July 2018, featuring Tom Appleton.

29. The Rape of Lucretia

18 July 2018, featuring Fiona Shaw.

30. Holiday Diary

25 July 2018, featuring the pianist Simon Callaghan.

31. Charm of Lullabies

1 August 2018, featuring Dame Sarah Connolly.

32. Suite for Harp

8 August 2018, featuring harpist Valeria Kurbatova.

33. Tyco the Vegan

15 August 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

34. Noye’s Fludde

22 August 2018, featuring Matthew Rose.

35. Gloriana

29 August 2018, featuring director William Kerley.

36. Chaos and Cosmos

5 September 2018, featuring Lucy Walker.

37. Six Metamorphoses after Ovid

12 September 2018, featuring Britten-Pears Foundation CEO Sarah Bardwell.

38. Peter Grimes

19 September 2018, featuring the tenor Stuart Skelton.

39. Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente

26 September 2018, featuring the tenor and academic Justin Vickers.

40. Death in Venice

3 October 2018, featuring the composer Colin Matthews.

41. Curlew River

10 October 2018, featuring Roger Wright.

42. String Quartet No.3

17 October 2018, featuring composer Colin Matthews.

43. Voices for Today

24 October 2018, featuring conductor Ben Parry.

44. The Turn of the Screw

31 October 2018, featuring the soprano Nazan Fikret.

45. Canticle II

7 November 2018, featuring the mezzo-soprano Diana Moore.

46. Piano Concerto

14 November 2018, featuring the pianist Steven Osborne.

47. Friday Afternoons

21 November 2018, featuring the composer Errollyn Wallen.

48. Sonata in C

28 November 2018, featuring the cellist Guy Johnston.

49. Nocturnal after John Dowland

5 December 2018, featuring the guitarist Sean Shibe.

50. The Prince of the Pagodas

12 December 2018, featuring Olivia Bloore.

51. Winter Words

19 December 2018, featuring Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Lana Bode.

52. A Ceremony of Carols

26 December 2018, featuring Ben Vonberg-Clark.